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“Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Mountains are not Stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.”
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“If those whom we begin to love could know us as we were before meeting them … they could perceive what they have made of us.”
― Notebooks, 1935-1951
― Notebooks, 1935-1951
“Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am. That I will never fulfill my obligation to surpass myself unless I first accept myself, and if I accept myself fully in the right way, I will already have surpassed myself.”
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“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand wrapped in awe, is as good as dead —his eyes are closed. The insight into the mystery of life, coupled though it be with fear, has also given rise to religion. To know what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their most primitive forms—this knowledge, this feeling is at the center of true religiousness.”
― Living Philosophies
― Living Philosophies
Mike’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mike’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
299 books
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56 friends
27 books
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39 friends
0 books
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34 friends
0 books
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25 friends
1 book
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43 friends
50 books
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9 friends
22 books
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70 friends
0 books
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7 friends
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