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“Men have looked away from themselves and at things so long that they have come to esteem the religious, learned and civil institutions as guards of property, and they deprecate assaults on these, because they feel them to be assaults on property. They measure their esteem of each other by what each has, and not by what each is.”
― Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
― Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
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“I’ve often wondered where Jesus would apply His hastily made whip if He were to visit our culture. My guess is that it would not be money-changing tables in the temple that would feel His wrath, but the display racks in Christian bookstores.”
― Lifeviews: Make a Christian Impact on Culture and Society
― Lifeviews: Make a Christian Impact on Culture and Society
“Our economy is based on spending billions to persuade people that happiness is buying things, and then insisting that the only way to have a viable economy is to make things for people to buy so they’ll have jobs and get enough money to buy things.”
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“It was our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome. . . . Children must early learn the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving. . . . The Indians in their simplicity literally give away all that they have—to relatives, to guests of other tribes or clans, but above all to the poor and the aged, from whom they can hope for no return.”
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Loren’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Loren’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
15 books
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Favorite Genres
Cookbooks, Crime, Humor and Comedy, Music, Philosophy, Poetry, Self help, Spirituality, and Thriller
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