Wisdom Takes Work: Learn. Apply. Repeat. (The Stoic Virtues Series)

by Ryan Holiday

“Books are,” he said, “the best provisions a man can take with him on life’s journey.”

He had explored an unknown and unprecedented new continent—himself.

Conversations with the dead. That’s what books are!

It’s about the craziest thing in the world. Imagine having a superpower—being able to talk to the dead—and not using it! Imagine being able to talk with the wisest people who ever lived, as Tolstoy said, and not doing it!

What a wonderful gift to give a child! The idea that everything is figure-out-able—that the information you seek is out there, you just have to go look for it.

This is the key to life: finding the classroom that works for you, that allows you to take over your own education.

A student in a hurry learns the slowest.”