Sign in with Facebook
olivia may
https://www.goodreads.com/oliviamayh
“Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.”
― Siddhartha
― Siddhartha
“One should always be drunk. That's all that matters...But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you chose. But get drunk.”
― Paris Spleen
― Paris Spleen
“Always be a poet, even in prose.”
―
―
“Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life — is the source from which self-respect springs.”
― On Self-Respect
― On Self-Respect
“When someone seeks," said Siddhartha, "then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is able to find nothing, to take in nothing because he always thinks only about the thing he is seeking, because he has one goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal.”
― Siddhartha
― Siddhartha
olivia’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at olivia’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
537 books
|
169 friends
164 books
|
74 friends
192 books
|
11 friends
82 books
|
61 friends
269 books
|
68 friends
463 books
|
115 friends
7 books
|
56 friends
220 books
|
83 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by olivia
Lists liked by olivia
