From Leo Tolstoy: “The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.”
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Quote of the day 11/29/23
From Leo Tolstoy: “Music is the shorthand of emotion.”
Quote of the day 11/28/23
From Leo Tolstoy: “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
Quote of the day 11/12/23
From Ralph Waldo Emerson: “I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
Quote of the day 11/05/23
From Robert Louis Stevenson: “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
Quote of the day 10/31/23
From Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.”
Great Work Wednesday
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is one of the most incredible things I’ve ever read. It’s massive, sprawling, and comprehensive in its coverage of roughly 1300 years of history. The name is somewhat deceptive. It isn’t just a history of theContinue reading “Great Work Wednesday”
Quote of the day 09/18/23
From Douglas Adams: “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
Quote of the day 08/04/23
From the Bodhicaryāvatāra: “Where would I find enough leatherTo cover the entire surface of the earth?But with leather soles beneath my feet,It’s as if the whole world has been covered.”
Great Work Wednesday – War and Peace
I was speaking to my brother recently about the great works of humanity, and I thought it might be fun to list out some of my favorite works in posts. This week, it’s War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. It’s a massive, sweeping story set in Russia during the Napoleonic Wars. It features deeply humanContinue reading “Great Work Wednesday – War and Peace”
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