Sign in with Facebook
As if to reinforce that request, a psalmic passage was written in elegant script, “Be still and know that I am God.”
“Be still and know that I am God, be still and know that I am. Be still and know. Be still. Be.”
“The world is ruled by letting things take their course.”
― A Religion of One's Own: A Guide to Creating a Personal Spirituality in a Secular World
― A Religion of One's Own: A Guide to Creating a Personal Spirituality in a Secular World
“Somewhere between Goldman Sachs and Facebook, Ramnik had given up looking for passion in his work. If he seemed older than he was, it was because he was letting go of one of the things that defines youth: hope. “The smartest minds of our generation are either buying or selling stocks or predicting if you’ll click on an ad,” he said. “This is the tragedy of our generation.” The effect of the tragedy had been to shrink his ambition. He was thinking less and less about changing the world and more and more about making himself and his wife comfortable within it. “I’d read a study that there was a fifteen percent happiness gain if you could walk to work,” he said.”
― Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
― Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Paula’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Paula’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Classics, Cookbooks, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Romance, Self help, Spirituality, Sports, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult
Polls voted on by Paula
Lists liked by Paula
