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“To get away from one's working environment is; in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.”
― Social organization; a study of the larger mind
― Social organization; a study of the larger mind
“Every lover of books has authors whom he reads over and over again, whom he cares for as persons and not as sources of information, who are more to him, possibly, than any person he sees. He continually returns to the cherished companion and feeds eagerly upon his thought. It is because there is something in the book which he needs, which awakens and directs trains of thought that lead him where he likes to be led.”
― Human Nature and the Social Order
― Human Nature and the Social Order
“Where there is love, nothing is too much trouble and there is always time.”
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“I guess when you're young, you just believe there'll be many people with whom you'll connect with. Later in life, you realize it only happens a few times.”
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“In a sense, people are our proper occupation. Our job is to do them good and put up with them.
But when they obstruct our proper tasks, they become irrelevant to us—like sun, wind, animals. Our actions may be impeded by them, but there can be no impeding our intentions
or our dispositions. Because we can accommodate and adapt. The mind adapts and converts to its own purposes the
obstacle to our acting.
The impediment to action advances action.
What stands in the way becomes the way.”
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But when they obstruct our proper tasks, they become irrelevant to us—like sun, wind, animals. Our actions may be impeded by them, but there can be no impeding our intentions
or our dispositions. Because we can accommodate and adapt. The mind adapts and converts to its own purposes the
obstacle to our acting.
The impediment to action advances action.
What stands in the way becomes the way.”
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Kiley’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kiley’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
6,748 books
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110 friends
42 books
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123 friends
226 books
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41 friends
265 books
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105 friends
291 books
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69 friends
35 books
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62 friends
169 books
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245 friends
111 books
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58 friends
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