451 books
—
999 voters
Sheila
https://www.goodreads.com/sheilaglenn
to-read
(262)
currently-reading (2)
read (865)
2010-50-a-year (61)
2015-50-a-year (57)
classics (57)
2016-50-a-year (56)
currently-reading (2)
read (865)
2010-50-a-year (61)
2015-50-a-year (57)
classics (57)
2016-50-a-year (56)
2012-50-a-year
(51)
2014-50-a-year (51)
2018-50-a-year (51)
2013-50-a-year (50)
2019-50-a-year (50)
2011-50-a-year (40)
2017-50-a-year (37)
2014-50-a-year (51)
2018-50-a-year (51)
2013-50-a-year (50)
2019-50-a-year (50)
2011-50-a-year (40)
2017-50-a-year (37)
“One doesn't have to be religious to lead a moral life or attain wisdom.”
― Pocket Peace: Effective Practices for Enlightened Living
― Pocket Peace: Effective Practices for Enlightened Living
“no disease suffered by a live man can be known, for every living person has his own peculiarities and always has his own peculiar, personal, novel, complicated disease, unknown to medicine -- not a disease of the lungs, liver, skin, heart, nerves, and so on mentioned in medical books, but a disease consisting of one of the innumerable combinations of the maladies of those organs. This simple thought could not occur to the doctors (as it cannot occur to a wizard that he is unable to work his charms) because the business of their lives was to cure, and they received money for it and had spent the best years of their lives on that business. But above all that thought was kept out of their minds by the fact that they saw they were really useful [...] Their usefulness did not depend on making the patient swallow substances for the most part harmful (the harm was scarcely perceptible because they were given in small doses) but they were useful, necessary, and indispensable because they satisfied a mental need of the invalid and those who loved her -- and that is why there are, and always will be, pseudo-healers, wise women, homoeopaths, and allopaths. They satisfied that eternal human need for hope of relief, for sympathy, and that something should be done, which is felt by those who are suffering.”
―
―
“I tell you, the old-fashioned doctor who treated all diseases has completely disappeared, now there are only specialists, and they advertise all the time in the newspapers. If your nose hurts, they send you to Paris: there's a European specialist there, he treats noses. You go to Paris, he examines your nose: I can treat only your right nostril, he says, I don't treat left nostrils, it's not my specialty, but after me, go to Vienna, there's a separate specialist there who will finish treating your left nostril.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“If we are creating ourselves all the time, then it is never too late to begin creating the bodies we want instead of the ones we mistakenly assume we are stuck with.”
―
―
“I didn't expect to recover from my second operation but since I did, I consider that I'm living on borrowed time. Every day that dawns is a gift to me and I take it in that way. I accept it gratefully without looking beyond it. I completely forget my physical suffering and all the unpleasantness of my present condition and I think only of the joy of seeing the sun rise once more and of being able to work a little bit, even under difficult conditions.”
―
―
Challenge: 50 Books
— 4304 members
— last activity 3 hours, 1 min ago
This group is for people who want to be challenged to read 50 books in one year. Start the challenge by creating a post with the title of your chall ...more
THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB
— 6692 members
— last activity 15 hours, 29 min ago
ALL GENRE COMMUNITY OF BOOK LOVERS-Perfect for those interested in good books of any genre, film and lively discussion!- from current fiction, thrille ...more
Salaam Adnan Ingilahسلام إنجيله
— 25 members
— last activity May 15, 2010 12:01PM
مجموعة الباحث والمؤلف : سلام عدنان إنجيله Group of author : Salaam Adnan Ingilah www.salaam-ingilah.com http://www.facebook.com/uccellini#/profi ...more
Art Lovers
— 2487 members
— last activity 46 minutes ago
To reciprocate the appreciation of different artists and discuss their lives and works.
Chaos Reading
— 2777 members
— last activity Sep 04, 2025 09:01AM
For people who read an eclectic mix of books. We like variety, new experiences and intelligent, thoughtful, funny conversation. We like our shelves bu ...more
Sheila’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Sheila’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Polls voted on by Sheila
Lists liked by Sheila





























































