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Matteo Mascolo
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“The secret of happiness is very simply this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile”
― The Conquest of Happiness
― The Conquest of Happiness
“Let the future sleep for now, as it deserves. If you wake it too early, you get a groggy present.”
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“The first sip [of tea] is joy, the second is gladness, the third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy.”
― The Dharma Bums
― The Dharma Bums
“There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally.”
― The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
― The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say you’re running and you think, ‘Man, this hurts, I can’t take it anymore. The ‘hurt’ part is an unavoidable reality, but whether or not you can stand anymore is up to the runner himself.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Matteo’s 2025 Year in Books
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611 books
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525 books
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197 books
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