"Above all, don't lie to yourself." - Fyodor Dostoevsky This passage from The Brothers Karamazov is so awesome, we included the entire excerpt in our design to provide context for Dostoevsky's stunning insight into personal responsibility, clarity, and the dangers of self-deception. While...
Exciting news! We’ve been working with the awesome folks at Threadless to launch a new line of Obvious State tees. This is a beta launch which includes twelve brand new designs! And not only will you be the first to...
In Meditations, Aurelius distills the central pillars and tenets of stoic philosophy. Although it was essentially a journal and never intended for a general readership, it has become one of the most widely read philosophy works in the world. In...
An elegant, illustrated book of poetry, excerpts, and musings on the noblest human emotion: love. From Viktor Frankl's insight that "love is the ultimate and highest goal to which man can aspire" to Rilke's humble desire "with only this one dream: you...
Truth may be stranger than fiction, but let's face it: fiction is fun. Reality can be alternately too boring, too depressing, too complicated or just a drag. Instead, do us a favor: Spin a yarn. Tell a tale. Catch a big fish, and...
Move over, tea, your petticoat needs fluffing. Enter the bold and bitter beverage of the people - spread from Ethiopian goat herders to Ottoman warriors to Arab mystics to Italian factory workers to American revolutionaries to you and me, all...
