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“The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, imposes them upon himself and upon other scientists.”
― What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches
― What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches
“For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.”
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“They thought that it would be a disgrace to go forth as a group. Each entered the forest at a point that he himself had chosen, where it was darkest and there was no path. If there is a path it is someone else's path and you are not on the adventure.”
― The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work
― The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work
“What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.”
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“Now I found it in writing sentences. You can write that sentence in a way that you would have written it last year. Or you can write it in the way of the exquisite nuance that is sriting in your mind now. But that takes a lot of ... waiting for the right word to come.”
― The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work
― The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work
Melinda’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Melinda’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
553 books
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142 friends
291 books
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13 friends
548 books
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327 friends
834 books
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52 friends
248 books
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62 friends
338 books
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210 friends
266 books
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192 friends
33 books
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45 friends
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