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Japanese Ghost Stories by Lafcadio Hearn

Meetings With Remarkable Men by G.I. Gurdjieff

Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch

Principles of Macroeconomics by N. Gregory Mankiw

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Intimate Relationships

by Rowland S. Miller

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The Cloud of Unknowing

by Anonymous

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I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

by Nisargadatta Maharaj

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Book cover for Transcending the Levels of Consciousness: The Stairway to Enlightenment (Power vs. Force, #5)

Transcending the Levels of Consciousness: The Stairway to Enlightenment (Power vs. Force, #5) by David R. Hawkins

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The illusion of moving from imperfection to perfection is a mentalization. For example, a rosebud is not an imperfect rose but is a perfect rosebud. When half open, it is a perfect unfolding flower, and when completely opened, it is a ...more

The Discourses

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Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse

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Patrick Lu’s Quotes

“It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Complete Prose Works Of Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: essay, inspirational, lecture, nonfiction, philosophy, self-reliance, social-commentary, transcendentalism

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“We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.”
― Immanuel Kant

tags: contentment, poverty, riches

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“If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.”
― John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

tags: liberty, majority-v-minority, philosophy

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“Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.”
― G.I. Gurdjieff

tags: self-awareness, self-discovery, self-knowledge

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“Each person comes into this world with a specific destiny--he has something to fulfill, some message has to be delivered, some work has to be completed. You are not here accidentally--you are here meaningfully. There is a purpose behind you. The whole intends to do something through you.”
― Osho

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