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The Life of an Insight

A new insight is quite sound when a master uses it, cheapens as it becomes popular, and is unendurable when it is merely fashionable.


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The Prevalence of Peer Pressure

More than a hundred years ago, Soren Kierkegaard warned that the age of the crowd was upon us. In such an age, said Kierkegaard, people would not think ...


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Following the Right Course

In a NCAA cross-country championship held in Riverside, California, 123 of the 128 runners missed a turn. One competitor, Mike Delcavo, stayed on the ...


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Cowardice, Consensus, and Conscience

Cowardice asks the question: Is it safe? Consensus asks the question: Is it popular? Conscience asks: Is it right?


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God Knows Who We Really Are

He has great tranquility and peace of heart who does not regard praise or blame, and he will soon be at peace and content who has a good conscience. You ...


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Clay Shiver: No Thanks, Playmates

Florida State University's sports information department had big news for Clay Shiver early this year [1995]: Playboy magazine had selected him for ...


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The Vanity of Things

I am much less regardfull of the approbation of man, and set much lighter by contempt or applause than I did long ago. I am oft suspicious that this is ...


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The Limitations of Celebrity

As far as I can remember, being a celebrity has never helped me make a good picture, ... or command the obedience of my daughter, or impress my wife. ...


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The Danger of Popularity

To set one's heart on being popular is fatal to the preacher's best growth. It is the worst and feeblest part of your congregation that makes ...


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Our Circuitous World View

The production of art and entertainment for commercial reasons is an old story; what may be new is the elevation of this practice into a principle, and ...


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