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The Aspern Papers

by Henry James

bookshelves: fiction, morality, currently-reading

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The Sack of Rome: Media + Money + Celebrity = Power = Silvio Berlusconi

by Alexander Stille

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Ron’s Notes & Highlights

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William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism by Robert D. Richardson Jr.

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There is no worse enemy of God and Man than zeal armed with power and guided by a feeble intellect . . . The great lesson of history,” he concluded somberly, “is to keep power of life and death away from that kind of mind, the mind that ...more

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Ron’s Quotes

“Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.”
― Edward Abbey

tags: politics

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“In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro.

(Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except in a corner with a book.)”
― Thomas a Kempis

tags: books, literature, peace, reading, rest, words

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“To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle." ― George Orwell: Narrative Essays, Tribune, 22 March 1946.”
― George Orwell

tags: belief, reality, untruth

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“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”
― Desmond Tutu (Foreword)

tags: bullying, dissent, moral-courage, protest

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