From Leo Tolstoy: “One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.”
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Quote of the day 12/02/23
From Leo Tolstoy: “Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.”
Quote of the day 12/01/23
From Leo Tolstoy: “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
Quote of the day 11/30/23
From Leo Tolstoy: “The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.”
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”