“Omdat nooit meer wel heel erg lang is”
― Vele hemels boven de zevende
― Vele hemels boven de zevende
“Het vervelende met gedachten is dat je ze niet kan ont-denken.”
― Vele hemels boven de zevende
― Vele hemels boven de zevende
“Leef hard en goed en schoon en wild. Kijk goed, voel beter. Wees niet bang. Kies voor wat u blij maakt, wat het ook moge zijn. Durf proberen wat te lastig lijkt. Leg de lat hoog genoeg. Koester en laat u koesteren. Geef anderen wat ze verdienen, en uzelf minstens ook. Blijf hopen, willen, dromen, wensen.”
― Vele hemels boven de zevende
― Vele hemels boven de zevende
“Here’s a non-geeky framing of the same idea: What if listening to an inner voice or heeding a passion for ethics or beauty were to lead to more important work in the long term, even if it measured as less successful in the moment? What if deeply reaching a small number of people matters more than reaching everybody with nothing?”
― Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
― Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
Should have read classics
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This is a group that is reading some of the classics that maybe we should have read but we got so turned off by "classics" we had to read in high scho ...more
Classics and the Western Canon
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This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more
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