Philippe

Philippe’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (7)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (879)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
review-of-the-year‎ (3)
philosophy‎ (198)
fiction‎ (194)
art‎ (190)
biography‎ (179)
history‎ (165)
systems-thinking‎ (149)
translated‎ (136)

poetry‎ (116)
personal-development‎ (111)
music‎ (82)
travel‎ (81)
innovation‎ (74)
ecology‎ (73)
futures-thinking‎ (72)
management‎ (71)
photo-book‎ (71)
1860-1918‎ (60)
design‎ (59)
politics‎ (55)

not-knowing‎ (49)
militaria‎ (46)
cities‎ (40)
photography‎ (39)
classics‎ (38)
architecture‎ (36)
japan‎ (34)
mountaineering‎ (32)
nietzsche‎ (32)
hermetism‎ (31)
geopoetics‎ (28)
painting‎ (27)

pedestrianism‎ (25)
jungiana‎ (23)
health-care‎ (21)
romanticism‎ (21)
space‎ (21)
urban-planning‎ (21)
research-methods‎ (20)
scifi‎ (20)
writing‎ (19)
symbolism‎ (17)
decolonialism‎ (13)
european-affairs‎ (12)

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Philippe’s Quotes

“Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.”
― Arnold Lobel

tags: books, reading

1835 likes

“A decent human being is ashamed at being somebody's boss!”
― Arno Schmidt, Scenes from the Life of a Faun: A Short Novel

tags: inspirational

40 likes

“Wir sind nichts; was wir suchen ist alles. (We are nothing; what we search for is everything.)”
― Holderlin F

60 likes

“I read for growth, firmly believing that what you are today and what you will be in five years depends on two things: the people you meet and the books you read.”
― Twyla Tharp, The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

142 likes

“Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It's all about paying attention. attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. stay eager.”
― Susan Sontag

tags: action, attention, concentration, connection, eagerness, inspiration, intelligence, observation, vitality

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