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“Waste no more time arguing what a good person should be. Be one.” — Marcus Aurelius Marble bust of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, the last of the rulers later known as the Five Good Emperors One of my sons and I were recently emailing about some interesting research. Afterwards I shared the six words that American Jungian psychoanalyst, James Hollis used to sum up his advice to himself for living well. “Shut up, suit up, show up.” My son seemed distur

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom." — Benjamin Franklin As Benjamin Franklin left Independence Hall after the Constitutional Convention in 1787, a woman reportedly asked him, "Well, Doctor, what have we got—a republic or a monarchy?" Franklin's reply has echoed through American history: "A republic, if you can keep it." As America celebrates its 250th birthday this year, I find myself thinking about that exchange. Franklin seemed to understand something that we o

Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” ―Maya...