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The Buddha taught: “If you are standing on one shore and want to cross over to the other shore, you have to use a boat or swim across. You cannot just pray, ‘Oh, other shore, please come over here for me to step across!’”
Prayer and practice
“a sort of ghastly simplicity, we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful. —C. S. LEWIS, The Abolition of Man”
― City of Night
― City of Night
“This world is a world of stories, of mystery and enchantment. Everywhere you look, if you look close enough, a tale of wonder is unfolding, for every life is a narrative and everyone a character in his or her own drama.”
― Dead and Alive
― Dead and Alive
Fred Thomas’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Fred Thomas’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
17,886 books
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132 friends
81 books
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22 friends
3 books
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196 friends
1 book
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53 friends
2 books
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193 friends
32 books
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38 friends
13 books
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49 friends
3 books
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9 friends
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