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“What is it we heartily wish of each other? Is it to be pleased and flattered? No, but to be convicted and exposed, to be shamed out of our nonsense of all kinds, and made men of, instead of ghosts and phantoms. We are weary of gliding ghostlike through the world, which is itself so slight and unreal. We crave a sense of reality, though it comes in strokes of pain.”
― The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
― The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
“And the abyss shouts from her depth laid bare,
Heaven, hast thou secrets? Man unveils me; I have none.”
― Prometheus Unbound
Heaven, hast thou secrets? Man unveils me; I have none.”
― Prometheus Unbound
“Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and gives them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high place they look down upon the world; but the truly noble and resolved spirit raises itself, and becomes more conspicuous in times of disaster and ill fortune...”
― Plutarch's Lives: Volume II
― Plutarch's Lives: Volume II
Jocko Podcast Book Club
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This is a group to discuss the books mentioned in the Jocko Podcast, as well as the podcast itself.
Long Live Heinlein
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This group is dedicated to discussion of the Sci-Fi author Robert A. Heinlein and his books.
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