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“Beyond our ideas of right-doing and wrong-doing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase ‘each other’
doesn’t make sense any more.”
―
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase ‘each other’
doesn’t make sense any more.”
―
“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
“A time like that comes for every man, when he chooses what sort of man he wants to be. And if you don't know the story, you don't know the man.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“Because when there is true equality, resentment does not exist.”
― Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
― Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
“One of my practices comes from an ancient Indian teacher. He taught that when you experience some tragic situation, think about it. If there’s no way to overcome the tragedy, then there is no use worrying too much. So I practice that. (The Dalai Lama was referring to the eighth-century Buddhist master Shantideva, who wrote, “If something can be done about the situation, what need is there for dejection? And if nothing can be done about it, what use is there for being dejected?”)”
― The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
― The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
Mitch’s 2022 Year in Books
Take a look at Mitch’s Year in Books. The good, the bad, the long, the short—it’s all here.
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436 books
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1,386 books
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12 books
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2,599 books
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1,003 books
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368 books
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277 books
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