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The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 165 times as naval)
avg rating 3.97 — 13,913 ratings — published 2010
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 138 times as naval)
avg rating 4.17 — 10,501 ratings — published 2011
The Lessons of History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 130 times as naval)
avg rating 4.04 — 22,070 ratings — published 1968
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher (Paperback)
by (shelved 128 times as naval)
avg rating 4.20 — 32,271 ratings — published 1994
Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 127 times as naval)
avg rating 3.91 — 33,283 ratings — published 2018
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 120 times as naval)
avg rating 4.38 — 20,130 ratings — published 2005
The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age (Paperback)
by (shelved 118 times as naval)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,472 ratings — published 1997
Reality is Not What it Seems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 112 times as naval)
avg rating 4.32 — 17,672 ratings — published 2014
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 109 times as naval)
avg rating 4.14 — 12,684 ratings — published 2015
Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as naval)
avg rating 4.40 — 449 ratings — published 1989
The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as naval)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,934 ratings — published 1995
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as naval)
avg rating 3.98 — 71,030 ratings — published 2014
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as naval)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,342,440 ratings — published 2011
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 77 times as naval)
avg rating 4.06 — 66,530 ratings — published 1969
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as naval)
avg rating 3.78 — 11,310 ratings — published 2010
The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as naval)
avg rating 3.91 — 3,556 ratings — published 2015
The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as naval)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,234 ratings — published 1997
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as naval)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,743 ratings — published 1999
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as naval)
avg rating 4.09 — 925,085 ratings — published 1922
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as naval)
avg rating 4.05 — 17,498 ratings — published 1993
Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as naval)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,272 ratings — published 2000
The Compleat Strategyst: Being a Primer on the Theory of Games of Strategy (Dover Books on Mathematics)
by (shelved 68 times as naval)
avg rating 3.44 — 236 ratings — published 1965
Total Freedom: The Essential Krishnamurti (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as naval)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,649 ratings — published 1996
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as naval)
avg rating 4.27 — 388,667 ratings — published 180
Snow Crash (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as naval)
avg rating 4.01 — 304,795 ratings — published 1992
How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as naval)
avg rating 4.27 — 88,021 ratings — published 2018
Stories of Your Life and Others (ebook)
by (shelved 60 times as naval)
avg rating 4.25 — 134,310 ratings — published 2002
Ficciones (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as naval)
avg rating 4.39 — 84,790 ratings — published 1944
The Prophet (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as naval)
avg rating 4.23 — 341,481 ratings — published 1923
The Evolution of Cooperation (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as naval)
avg rating 4.26 — 2,461 ratings — published 1984
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 55 times as naval)
avg rating 4.42 — 22,518 ratings — published 1973
Jed McKenna's Theory of Everything (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 54 times as naval)
avg rating 4.33 — 528 ratings — published 2013
Perfectly Reasonable Deviations (from the Beaten Track): The Letters of Richard P. Feynman
by (shelved 52 times as naval)
avg rating 4.26 — 2,788 ratings — published 2004
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as naval)
avg rating 4.12 — 24,530 ratings — published 1993
Direct Truth: Uncompromising, non-prescriptive Truths to the enduring questions of life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 50 times as naval)
avg rating 4.40 — 837 ratings — published
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as naval)
avg rating 4.20 — 156,679 ratings — published 2007
Six Not So Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as naval)
avg rating 4.26 — 9,741 ratings — published 1963
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 46 times as naval)
avg rating 4.35 — 19,320 ratings — published 1977
The Tao of Seneca: Practical Letters from a Stoic Master, Volume 1 (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 45 times as naval)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,401 ratings — published
The Book of Secrets (Complete)
by (shelved 45 times as naval)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,835 ratings — published 1974
The Way to Love: The Last Meditations of Anthony de Mello (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as naval)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,397 ratings — published 1991
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 44 times as naval)
avg rating 4.26 — 26,521 ratings — published 1972
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 42 times as naval)
avg rating 4.41 — 17,142 ratings — published 1978
The Lifecycle of Software Objects (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as naval)
avg rating 3.90 — 7,890 ratings — published 2010
A Master's Secret Whispers: For those who abhor the noise and seek The Truth about life and living (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 40 times as naval)
avg rating 4.42 — 771 ratings — published
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as naval)
avg rating 3.86 — 16,704 ratings — published 2012
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 40 times as naval)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,882 ratings — published 1979
Exhalation (ebook)
by (shelved 38 times as naval)
avg rating 4.26 — 121,472 ratings — published 2019
Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God. (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 38 times as naval)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,313 ratings — published
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as naval)
avg rating 4.18 — 20,307 ratings — published 1950
“### Pauvreté de la sagesse
Je hais les sages pour leur complaisance, leur lâcheté et leur reserve. J'aime infiniment plus les passions dévorantes que l'humeur égale qui rend insensible au plaisir comme à la douleur. Le sage ignore le tragique de la passion et la peur de la mort, de même qu'il méconnait l'élan et le risque, l'héroisme barbare, grotesque ou sublime. Il s'exprime en maximes et donne des conseils. Le sage ne vit rien, ne ressent rien, il ne désire ni n'attend. Il se plaît à niveler les divers contenus de la vie, et en assume toutes les conséquences. Bien plus complexes me semblent ceux qui, malgré ce nivellement, ne cessent pourtant de se tourmenter. L'existence du sage est vide et stérile, car dépourvue d'antinomies et de désespoir. Mais les existences que dévorent des contradictions insurmontables sont infiniment plus fécondes. La résignation du sage surgit du vide. et non du feu intérieur. J'aimerais mille fois mieux mourir de ce feu que du vide et de la résignation.”
― Oeuvres
Je hais les sages pour leur complaisance, leur lâcheté et leur reserve. J'aime infiniment plus les passions dévorantes que l'humeur égale qui rend insensible au plaisir comme à la douleur. Le sage ignore le tragique de la passion et la peur de la mort, de même qu'il méconnait l'élan et le risque, l'héroisme barbare, grotesque ou sublime. Il s'exprime en maximes et donne des conseils. Le sage ne vit rien, ne ressent rien, il ne désire ni n'attend. Il se plaît à niveler les divers contenus de la vie, et en assume toutes les conséquences. Bien plus complexes me semblent ceux qui, malgré ce nivellement, ne cessent pourtant de se tourmenter. L'existence du sage est vide et stérile, car dépourvue d'antinomies et de désespoir. Mais les existences que dévorent des contradictions insurmontables sont infiniment plus fécondes. La résignation du sage surgit du vide. et non du feu intérieur. J'aimerais mille fois mieux mourir de ce feu que du vide et de la résignation.”
― Oeuvres
“Foundations are key. It's much better to be at 9/10 or 10/10 on foundations than to try and get super deep into things. You do need to be deep in something because otherwise you'll be a mile wide and an inch deep and you won't get what you want out of life. You can only achieve mastery in one or two things. It's usually things you're obsessed about.”
― The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
― The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
