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We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise.
“All too often, the words we have said to ourselves when things went wrong contributed to the problem—instead of making it better or helping us solve it.”
― What To Say When You Talk To Your Self
― What To Say When You Talk To Your Self
“We suffer from the delusion that the entire universe is held in order by the categories of human thought, fearing that if we do not hold to them with the utmost tenacity, everything will vanish into chaos. We”
― The Wisdom of Insecurity
― The Wisdom of Insecurity
“Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, love is knowing I am everything, and between the two my life moves.”
― Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao
― Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao
“Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened, and its deepest mystery probed?”
― The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New
― The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New
“There is a point in every philosophy at which the "conviction" of the philosopher appears on the scene; or, to put it in the words of an ancient mystery: adventavit asinus, / pulcher et fortissimus. (Translation: The ass arrives, beautiful and most brave.)”
― Beyond Good and Evil
― Beyond Good and Evil
Adan’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Adan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
200 books
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44 friends
414 books
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224 friends
54 books
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14 friends
1,233 books
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1,920 friends
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