Juan Manuel

Juan’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (413)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (278)
scifi‎ (57)
nonfiction‎ (39)
graphic-novel‎ (31)
japan‎ (21)
history‎ (15)
children‎ (14)

fantasy‎ (14)
discworld‎ (13)
parenting‎ (13)
tech‎ (9)
buddhism‎ (8)
anarchy‎ (7)
anthropology‎ (6)
india‎ (6)
philosophy‎ (6)

bio‎ (5)
environment‎ (5)
pregnancy‎ (5)
finance‎ (4)
money‎ (3)
science‎ (3)
thriller‎ (3)
china‎ (2)
education‎ (2)

socialism‎ (2)
bikes‎ (1)
food‎ (1)
iran‎ (1)
journalism‎ (1)
kurds‎ (1)
cycling‎ (0)

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Juan’s Quotes

“To him, any place could serve as home—more than that: wherever he happened to be was the universe.”
― Eiji Yoshikawa, Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era

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“Self-governance does not mean no one is responsible. It means everyone is.”
― Heather Marsh, Binding Chaos

tags: anarchy-democracy, governance, hate, politics, racism, sexism

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“There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself.”
― Eiji Yoshikawa, Musashi

tags: inspirational

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“The democracy of riot squads, corrupt politicians, magnate-controlled newspapers and the surveillance state looks as phony and fragile as East Germany did thirty years ago.”
― Paul Mason, Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future

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“happiness does not really depend on objective conditions of either wealth, health or even community. Rather, it depends on the correlation between objective conditions and subjective expectations.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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