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Up from Slavery

by Booker T. Washington

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Jul 09, 2019 08:37AM

This may be the fundamental problem with caring a lot about what others think: It can put you on the established path—the my-isn’t-that-impressive path—and keep you there for a long time. Maybe it stops you from swerving, from ever even ...more

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (One World Essentials)

by Trevor Noah

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“النفس مجبولة على حب الهوى فافتقرت بذلك إلى المجاهدة والمخالفة، ومتى لم تُزجر عن الهوى هجم عليها الفكر في طلب ما شُغِفت به ، فاستأنست بالآراء الفاسدة، والأطماع الكاذبة، والأماني العجيبة ..”
― ابن الجوزي, ذم الهوى

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“For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning."

(Little Gidding)”
― T.S. Eliot

tags: new-beginnings, new-year, new-year-s-day

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