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“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
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“There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.”
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“A book read by a thousand different people is a thousand different books.”
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“Doubt everything. Find your own light.”
― Sayings of Buddha
― Sayings of Buddha
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
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Giovanni’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Giovanni’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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1,779 books
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707 books
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125 books
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91 books
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Business, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Music, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, Self help, and Travel
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