Work to control your mind
When your mind is well controlled, outside circumstances are powerless to enslave or discourage you.
Vintage Golf Lausanne Travel Poster from 1936
Vintage travel poster promoting golfing in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Beautifully restored map of Arlington, Massachusetts from 1884
Bird’s eye view of Arlington, MA in 1884
Leonardo da Vinci on the flow of time
“In a river the water you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of what is to come. It is the same with the present time.” - Leonardo da Vinci Translated from the Italian: “L’acqua che tocchi dei fiumi e l’ultima di quella che andò e la prima di quella...
Abraham Lincoln, “The Power of the People”
Notes from Abraham Lincoln's speeches in Kansas and Ohio, September 16-17, 1859. We must, by a national policy, prevent the spread of slavery into either territories or free states; because the constitution does not forbid us, and the general welfare does require...
Albert Einstein on controlling “the sheep-like masses”
In politics not only are leaders lacking, but the independence of spirit and the sense of…
At 8 years old, Mozart played a flawless symphony
When Daines Barrington met Mozart he brought a new composition to test the…
Keep life simple and sincere
Grow daily in simplicity. Cultivate the graces of goodness and gentleness. Simplicity is the best and truest kind of greatness. The simple life is strong, useful, and productive. It combines confidence with lofty purpose. Nature is simple in all her ways. The greatest...
An underachieving Princeton student wrote a term paper describing how to make a nuclear bomb. It was seized by the FBI
In 1976, John Aristotle Phillips was an underachieving student at Princeton. In order to improve his grades, he wrote a term paper on nuclear proliferation. The report included designs for an atomic bomb similar to the one dropped on Nagasaki. He used publicly...
Historic Map of Stockton, California shows the city in 1870
Historic bird’s eye view of Stockton, California from 1870
