“There are more things, Lucilius, likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”
― Letters from a Stoic
― Letters from a Stoic
“I am only an experimenter. Do not set the least value on what I do, or the least discredit on what I do not, as if I pretended to settle any thing as true or false. I unsettle all things. No facts are to me sacred; none are profane; I simply experiment, an endless seeker.”
― Circles
― Circles
“Do you think that I count the days? There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.”
―
―
“What I think is that a good life is one hero journey after another. Over and over again, you are called to the realm of adventure, you are called to new horizons. Each time, there is the same problem: do I dare? And then if you do dare, the dangers are there, and the help also, in the fulfillment or the fiasco.”
― Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation
― Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation
“The young man reveres men of genius, because, to speak truly, they are more himself than he is.”
― The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
― The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Casey’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Casey’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Business, Music, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Science, Spirituality, and Sports
Polls voted on by Casey
Lists liked by Casey

















