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“Poets and philosophers are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.”
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“There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer: no disease that love will not heal: no door that enough love will not open...It makes no difference how deep set the trouble: how hopeless the outlook: how muddled the tangle: how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all. If only you could love enough you would be the happiest and most powerful being in the world...”
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“Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est.
(Applaud, my friends, the comedy is over.)
[Said on his deathbed]”
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(Applaud, my friends, the comedy is over.)
[Said on his deathbed]”
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“By two wings is man lifted above earthly things, even by
simplicity and purity. Simplicity ought to be in the intention,
purity in the affection.”
― The Imitation of Christ
simplicity and purity. Simplicity ought to be in the intention,
purity in the affection.”
― The Imitation of Christ
“Every time I catch myself trying to figure out other people's motives, I'll stop and ask myself: "What did I say or do that prompted the action? Why did I react to it as I did? Does what happened make a major difference to me, or am I making something big out of a trifle?"
Leave off that excessive desire of knowing; therein is found much distraction There are many things the knowledge of which is of little or no profit to the soul.”
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Leave off that excessive desire of knowing; therein is found much distraction There are many things the knowledge of which is of little or no profit to the soul.”
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Irina’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Irina’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
82 books
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45 friends
80 books
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5 friends
4 books
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15 friends
2 books
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15 friends
2 books
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9 friends
2 books
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18 friends
16 books
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10 friends
2 books
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356 friends
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