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Ronald Mate
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“We are all born with a divine fire in us. Our efforts should be to give wings to this fire and fill the world with the glow of its goodness.”
― Wings of Fire
― Wings of Fire
“But I know something else, too: bad people are rare. Good people are everywhere.”
― Stronger
― Stronger
“To live only for some unknown future is superficial. It is like climbing a mountain to reach the peak without experiencing its sides. The sides of the mountain sustain life, not the peak. This is where things grow, experience is gained and technologies are mastered. The importance of the peak lies only in the fact that it defines the sides.”
― Wings of Fire: An Autobiography
― Wings of Fire: An Autobiography
“Not every story has a happy ending, but that doesn't mean it's not worth telling.”
― The Culling
― The Culling
“Be active! Take on responsibility! Work for the things you believe in. If you do not, you are surrendering your fate to others.”
― Wings of Fire
― Wings of Fire
Ronald’s 2025 Year in Books
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Favorite Genres
Biography, Children's, Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Romance, Science fiction, Thriller, Young-adult, mathematics, technology, biology, evolution, computer-science, popular-science, physics, engineering, natural-history, astronomy, chemistry, history-of-science, and india
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