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“If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.”
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“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
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“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”
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“Feelings dwell in man; but man dwells in his love. That is no metaphor, but the actual truth. Love does not cling to the I in such a way as to have the Thou only for its " content," its object; but love is between I and Thou. The man who does not know this, with his very being know this, does not know love; even though he ascribes to it the feelings he lives through, experiences, enjoys, and expresses.”
― I and Thou
― I and Thou
“As for myself, I always willingly acknowledge my own self as the principal cause of every good and of every evil which may befall me; therefore, I have always found myself capable of being my own pupil, and ready to love my teacher.”
― Geschichte Meines Lebens
― Geschichte Meines Lebens
Jan Peter’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Jan Peter’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
882 books
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1,758 friends
106 books
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33 friends
534 books
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31 friends
1,838 books
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8 friends
459 books
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17 friends
57 books
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3 friends
543 books
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18 friends
103 books
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5 friends
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