"The great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable. No virtuous man — that is, virtuous in the Y.M.C.A. sense — has ever painted a picture worth looking at, or written a symphony worth hearing, or a book worth reading."

"If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you."

"To deny political equality is to rob the ostracised of all self-respect; of credit in the market place; of recompense in the world of work; of a voice among those who make and administer the law; a choice in the jury before whom they are tried, and in the judge who decides their punishment."

"I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others, but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life."  

In January, Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York, threw down the gauntlet on education in his State of the State Address: “Last year, less than 1 percent of teachers in New […]

"Life is like riding a bicycle," wrote the renowned theoretical physicist to his son Eduard. "To keep your balance you must keep moving."  

When the stress of work has become unbearable, you may feel triggered to reach for the snack drawer and grab a treat. However, a short, 15-minute walk has the power to stave off those unhealthy food cravings.

The amount of salt used on Boston roads this past winter weighed more than the equivalent of over 20,000 elephants. Considering that about 84 percent of road salt makes it into our water, that's a whole lot of pollution in only one season.

Everyone you pass on the street, each person you drive by every day, has a story as well. To claim their death is not worth noticing is to say that their life was not worth living. And that's too bad, because interdependence is something we all rely on every single day, knowingly or not. 

Whether you're conducting an interview, giving performance evaluation, or leading a meeting, a certain degree of craftsmanship goes into every query.

Legendary dancer Carmen de Lavallade recounts the process that led to the development of her current project, the autobiographical theatre/dance show "As I Remember It."

Tech expert Michael Schrage calls voicemail "an anachronism" whose time has come and gone. Could e-mail be next?

Proposals to completely eliminate parental choice over whether their kids will be vaccinated can backfire and drive more parents into the anti-vaccination camp.

The online tool Start A Garden offers amateur green thumbs useful tips for growing veggies no matter where they live.

How we’re still, only now, just discovering the closest stars to Earth. “As a boy I believed I could make myself invisible. I’m not sure that I ever could, but […]

It’s hard to remember a major show at a major American museum generating so much angst as Björk at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Some arts sites quickly began aggregating art critics’ aggravation over almost every detail of the show. What began as art criticism evolved into a media lynching of the MoMA, American museums, and pandering-to-the-public curators (in this case, Klaus Biesenbach). New York art world critics, and husband-and-wife team, Jerry Saltz and Roberta Smith hated the show in different ways, but both connected to their love of Björk and her music. ArtNews’ M.H. Miller wins the poison pen prize, however, for coining the new critical term “starf@#king” to describe the MoMA’s treatment of Björk as much as its treatment of the viewing public. The question of whether Björk is good or not might really be a question of what Björk is really about.

Our desire to conform starts young. Despite our best efforts later on in life, by age two we're already willing to hide our otherness away from our peers, according to researchers.

Under a new law passed last week, a number of Germany's largest companies must award at least 30 percent of board seats to women by January of 2016. Germany has […]

A prominent medical professional is calling for the law to further protect children's health from the risks of secondhand smoke, including appealing to Social Services.

How is it that being hungry controls so much of our behavior not immediately related to the gathering and consumption of food?