James Hegarty

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Average rating: 4.15 · 13 ratings · 3 reviews · 1 distinct work
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Constructive Living by David K. Reynolds
"I didn't pick this book up because I was looking for a different kind of self-help. I chose it because Will Schwalbe and his mother (The End of Your Life Book Club) had been huge fans.
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Awe by Dacher Keltner
"What was awe-inspiring at podcast length was awe-crushing at book length. The book being published is the reason for the author being interviewed, but in its expanded form the subject suffers from repetition, verbosity, and ventures into smarminess. " Read more of this review »
Awe by Dacher Keltner
"I really wanted to like this book more than I did. The ratio of science to philosophy and personal anecdotes was skewed much more heavily toward philosophy and especially personal anecdotes than I would have preferred. I had to force myself to finish" Read more of this review »
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Franz Kafka
“You can hold back from the suffering of the world, you have permission to do so, and it is in accordance with your nature. But perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering that you could have avoided.”
Kafka Franz

Noam Chomsky
“The whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter, which just weeds out people who are too independent, and who think for themselves, and who don't know how to be submissive, and so on -- because they're dysfunctional to the institutions.”
Noam Chomsky

“Start seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret”
hafez

“The beauty of You delights me. The sight of You amazes me. For the Pearl does this... and the Ocean does that.”
- Hafiz 1320-1389

Red Pine
“There is no seer or anything seen / no speaker or anything spoken / the appearance of buddhas and also their teachings / are merely what we imagine 44. Those who view such things as real / they don’t see the Buddha / nor do those who imagine nothing / only those who transform their existence.”
Red Pine, The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary

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