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so many begin to pack their lives in cotton wool, smother their impulses, hood their passions, and gradually retire from their manhood into a kind of spiritual and physical semi-invalidism. In this they are encouraged by wives and
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“You can disagree with another person's opinions. You can disagree with their doctrines. You can't disagree with their experience.”
― Speaking of Faith
― Speaking of Faith
“The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”
― Dune
― Dune
“If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.”
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There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.”
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“You complain that there is an undersupply of books where you are. What matters is not how many you have but how good they are. Varied reading gives pleasure; selective reading does real good.”
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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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Stoic Book Club
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This club is about traditional Stoicism with the distinct purpose of enabling and promoting discourse on Stoic philosophy as a way of life.
Tess’s 2024 Year in Books
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