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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Lady Windermere's Fan
― Lady Windermere's Fan
“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”
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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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Eileen’s 2025 Year in Books
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