"In 2012, the Chinese sociologist Sūn Lìpíng (b. 1955) suggested the PRC [People's Republic of China] faced four possi…"

"Guilt isn't in cat vocabulary. They never suffer remorse for eating too much, sleeping too long or hogging the warmes…"

"Cats don't beat themselves up about not working hard enough. They don't get up and go, they sit down and stay. For th…"

"“People persuade themselves they deserve easy lives, that being human makes us somehow exempt from pain. The theory w…"

"Cleo's motto seemed to be: Life's tough and that's okay, because life is also fantastic. Love it, live it - but don't…"

"Then there was the realisation that I didn't actually feel that much better when I was thin(ner). In fact the 'thin' …"

"One of the many ways in which cats are superior to humans is their mastery of time. By making no attempt to dissect y…"

"He'd also developed his own version of making the most of every minute. "Through Sam I found out how quickly things c…"

"If humans could program themselves to forget time, they would savor a string of pleasures and possibilities. Regrets …"

"“I used to wish I had an easier life," he mused. "Some families sail through years with nothing touching them. They h…"