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“that is the secret of happiness and virtue—liking what you’ve got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“A person who is not inwardly prepared for the use of violence against him is always weaker than the person committing the violence.”
― The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation
― The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation
“When the number of options available is limited, it is foolish to fuss and fret. We should instead simply choose the best of them and get on with life. To behave otherwise”
― The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient
― The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient
“When the number of options available is limited, it is foolish to fuss and fret. We should instead simply choose the best of them and get on with life. To behave otherwise is to waste precious time and energy.”
― The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient
― The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient
“One sign of maturity is a realization of the extent to which you, either intentionally or unintentionally, make life difficult for those around you. Consequently, you should keep in mind the words of Seneca: “we are bad men living among bad men; and only one thing can calm us—we must agree to go easy on one another.”
― The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient
― The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient
Nightcrawler Literary Society.
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An attractive circle of fans of the written word and the effects of alcohol. A book will be selected monthly and at the end of said month we will meet ...more
Tomas’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Tomas’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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596 friends
271 books
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80 friends
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320 friends
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Adult Fiction, Art, Classics, Fiction, History, Horror, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Science, Science fiction, Suspense, Thriller, and War
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