Maxims


Maxims
Maxims and Reflections
The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Return to Freedom: A Traveler's Thoughts on Life, Love and the Fate of the World
The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
Maxims for Revolutionists
Tao Te Ching
Meditations
Court Maxims
Maxims for Thinking Analytically: The wisdom of legendary Harvard Professor Richard Zeckhauser
The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence
Stonewall Jackson's Book of Maxims
Napoleon's Maxims of War
Scorn: The Wickedest Insults in Human History
Vectors by James RichardsonNightwatch by James Garrabrant300 Arguments by Sarah MangusoA Silence of Words by Olivia DresherLittle Labors by Rivka Galchen
Contemporary American aphorists
13 books — 1 voter
Commonplace Book by E.M. ForsterShepherd's Notes by Duane A. GarrettA Commonplace Book by Alec GuinnessJohn Milton and His Commonplace Book by Ruth MohlSur Plusieurs Beaux Sujects by Wallace Stevens
Commonplace Books
8 books — 2 voters

“ Harnessing the Power of Simplicity Think Brutal. No need to be mean, just brutally honest—and avoid the partial truths while you're at it. ... Positive or negative, make honesty the basis of all interactions. Think Small. Small groups of smart people deliver better results, higher efficiency, and improved morale. Think Minimal. The more you minimize your proposition, the more attractive it will be. Think Motion. It's just a fact of life that a degree of pressure keeps things moving ahead ...more ”
― Ken Segall, Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ Some people avoid thinking deeply in public, only because they are afraid of coming across as suicidal. ”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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