“Hitler had argued that people would believe anything if it was repeated often enough and if disconfirming information was routinely denied, silenced, or disputed with yet more lies.”
― Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
― Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
“indeed one cannot earn love; love is not a reward, but a blessing.”
― Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
― Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was duty. I worked—and behold, duty was joy.”
― Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
― Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
“When you painted on earth – at least in your earlier days – it was because you caught glimpses of heaven in the earthly landscape. The success of your painting was that it enabled others to see the glimpses too.”
― The Great Divorce
― The Great Divorce
“Individuality can only be valuable when it is not individuality for its own sake but individuality for the human community.”
― Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
― Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
Reading Classics, Chronologically Through the Ages
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This group began with a book called The Well-Educated Mind (TWEM) by Susan Wise Bauer, which is a wonderful guide to “The Great Books.” TWEM presents ...more
Camille’s 2025 Year in Books
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