Tom

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Tom.

https://www.goodreads.com/tomjtanguaygmailcom

Loading...
Yuval Noah Harari
“People easily understand that ‘primitives’ cement their social order by believing in ghosts and spirits, and gathering each full moon to dance together around the campfire. What we fail to appreciate is that our modern institutions function on exactly the same basis.”
Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari
“This is the essence of the Agricultural Revolution: the ability to keep more people alive under worse conditions.”
Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari
“How do you cause people to believe in an imagined order such as Christianity, democracy or capitalism? First, you never admit that the order is imagined.”
Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Emmanuel Levinas
“Faith is not a question of the existence or non-existence of God. It is believing that love without reward is valuable.”
Emmanuel Levinas

Václav Havel
“The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility.”
Vaclav Havel

53954 Exceptional Books — 2582 members — last activity Jan 02, 2026 03:59AM
This book club is ONLY for books that are WRITTEN VERY WELL and have a GREAT STORY LINE. We ask that each member shelve at least 2 exceptional books ...more
year in books
Kevin A...
409 books | 1,206 friends

Olivia ...
1,054 books | 23 friends

Judy
7,954 books | 134 friends

Shaya
930 books | 29 friends

E.M. Books
646 books | 9 friends

Jasmine
109 books | 63 friends

Judith ...
765 books | 169 friends

Tricia ...
19 books | 40 friends

More friends…
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,280 books — 1,421 voters
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Best Christian Fiction
2,615 books — 2,597 voters

More…



Polls voted on by Tom

Lists liked by Tom