BARUCH SPINOZA

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;

Weep, and you weep alone.

For the sad old earth must borrow it's mirth,

But has trouble enough of its own.

Sing, and the hills will answer;

Sigh, it is lost on the air.

The echoes bound to a joyful sound,

But shrink f...

• The word ‘sincere’ comes from ancient Rome where merchants selling statues would often hide the cracks and flaws with wax. The ones who weren’t dishonest used to hang a sign outside their shop saying “Sine Cera”, meaning without wax.
• The world ‘authenticity...

To be the owner is truly being, and to understand and sustain that relationship to your own existence is where the “coherent” bit comes in:

• like a candle that can make its own wax, owning yourself as the source of meaning in your life empowers you to light it up as yo...