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“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.”
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“Very many people spend money in ways quite different from those that their natural tastes would enjoin, merely because the respect of their neighbors depends upon their possession of a good car and their ability to give good dinners. As a matter of fact, any man who can obviously afford a car but genuinely prefers travel or a good library will in the end be much more respected than if he behaved exactly like everyone else.”
― The Conquest of Happiness
― The Conquest of Happiness
“The secret of happiness is very simply this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile”
― The Conquest of Happiness
― The Conquest of Happiness
“Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.”
― History of Western Philosophy
― History of Western Philosophy
“The best life is the one in which the creative impulses play the largest part and the possessive impulses the smallest. This is no new discovery. The Gospel says: “Take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?” The thought we give to these things is taken away from matters of more importance. And what is worse, the habit of mind engendered by thinking of these things is a bad one; it leads to competition, envy, domination, cruelty, and almost all the moral evils that infest the world. In particular, it leads to the predatory use of force. Material possessions can be taken by force and enjoyed by the robber. Spiritual possessions cannot be taken in this way.”
― Political Ideals
― Political Ideals
Jose Martin’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Jose Martin’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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