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Intelligence: The Creative Response to Now

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The Design of Everyday Things

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The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism

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Jacob’s Quotes

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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“Originality is being different from oneself, not others.”
― Philip Larkin, Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica

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“I can think. I can wait. I can fast.”
― Herman Hesse, Siddhartha

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“I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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“You have the right to work, but for the work's sake only. You have no right to the fruits of work. Desire for the fruits of work must never be your motive in working. Never give way to laziness, either.

Perform every action with you heart fixed on the Supreme Lord. Renounce attachment to the fruits. Be even-tempered in success and failure: for it is this evenness of temper which is meant by yoga.

Work done with anxiety about results is far inferior to work done without such anxiety, in the calm of self-surrender. Seek refuge in the knowledge of Brahma. They who work selfishly for results are miserable.”
― Bhagavad Gita

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