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Algirdas Purkenas
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“Don’t aim at success—the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue . . . as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a course
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simple, yet so often forgotten idea
“Don’t make the common mistake of thinking your opponents are stupid just because they don’t see things your way,”
― All These Worlds
― All These Worlds
“the struggle to continue against a mounting desire to stop.”
― Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
― Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
“We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relin-quishing it. Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictator-ship.”
― Nineteen Eighty-Four:
― Nineteen Eighty-Four:
“Accept — then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. This will miraculously transform your whole life.”
― The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
― The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
“Power over others is weakness disguised as strength. True power is within, and it is available to you now.”
― The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
― The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Algirdas’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Algirdas’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
300 books
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36 friends
483 books
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50 friends
156 books
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9 friends
529 books
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125 friends
230 books
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36 friends
108 books
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50 friends
308 books
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145 friends
113 books
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153 friends
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