Sign in with Facebook
78,758 books
—
293,444 voters
to-read
(681)
currently-reading (3)
read (434)
did-not-finish (0)
reference (48)
to-continue-later (41)
own (413)
fiction (119)
alchemy (93)
occult (85)
psychology (82)
religion (77)
currently-reading (3)
read (434)
did-not-finish (0)
reference (48)
to-continue-later (41)
own (413)
fiction (119)
alchemy (93)
occult (85)
psychology (82)
religion (77)
non-fiction
(70)
criticism (58)
mythology (57)
philosophy (57)
culture (41)
drama (38)
poetry (35)
history (33)
graduate-reading-list (32)
cliffs-notes (25)
education (22)
fantasy (22)
criticism (58)
mythology (57)
philosophy (57)
culture (41)
drama (38)
poetry (35)
history (33)
graduate-reading-list (32)
cliffs-notes (25)
education (22)
fantasy (22)
The Road
by
Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that. You forget some things, dont you? Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.
“We must love all human beings, giving even our last drop of blood for all our siblings of this great human family.”
― Igneous Rose: Practical Spiritual Techniques That Use Nature's Power to Help Humanity
― Igneous Rose: Practical Spiritual Techniques That Use Nature's Power to Help Humanity
“Poetry is a way of looking at the world for the first time.”
―
―
“What the critic as a teacher of language tries to teach is not an elegant accomplishment, but the means of conscious life. Literary education should lead not merely to the admiration of great literature, but to some possession of its power of utterance. The ultimate aim is an ethical and participating aim, not an aesthetic or contemplative one, even though the latter may be the means of achieving the former.”
― The Well-Tempered Critic
― The Well-Tempered Critic
“So, you may ask, what is the use of studying the world of imagination where anything is possible and anything can be assumed, where there are no rights or wrongs and all arguments are equally good? One of the most obvious uses, I think, is its encouragement of tolerance. In the imagination our own beliefs are also only possibilities, but we can also see the possibilities in the beliefs of others. Bigots and fanatics seldom have any use for the arts, because they're so preoccupied with their beliefs and actions that they can't see them as also possibilities. It's possible to go to the other extreme, to be a dilettante so bemused by possibilities that one has no convictions or power to act at all. But such people are much less common than bigots, and in our world much less dangerous.”
― The Educated Imagination
― The Educated Imagination
“Admit it. You aren’t like them. You’re not even close. You may occasionally dress yourself up as one of them, watch the same mindless television shows as they do, maybe even eat the same fast food sometimes. But it seems that the more you try to fit in, the more you feel like an outsider, watching the “normal people” as they go about their automatic existences. For every time you say club passwords like “Have a nice day” and “Weather’s awful today, eh?”, you yearn inside to say forbidden things like “Tell me something that makes you cry” or “What do you think deja vu is for?”. Face it, you even want to talk to that girl in the elevator. But what if that girl in the elevator (and the balding man who walks past your cubicle at work) are thinking the same thing? Who knows what you might learn from taking a chance on conversation with a stranger? Everyone carries a piece of the puzzle. Nobody comes into your life by mere coincidence. Trust your instincts. Do the unexpected. Find the others…”
―
―
Brady’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Brady’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,104 books
|
22 friends
412 books
|
18 friends
1,641 books
|
41 friends
1,498 books
|
176 friends
768 books
|
12 friends
1,387 books
|
122 friends
78 books
|
29 friends
74 books
|
6 friends
More friends…
Polls voted on by Brady
Lists liked by Brady
