268 books
—
144 voters
to-read
(150)
currently-reading (12)
read (240)
nonfiction (130)
buddhism (69)
short-book (53)
religion (47)
essays (29)
history (27)
philosophy (18)
indian-authors (16)
indian-politics (16)
currently-reading (12)
read (240)
nonfiction (130)
buddhism (69)
short-book (53)
religion (47)
essays (29)
history (27)
philosophy (18)
indian-authors (16)
indian-politics (16)
biography
(15)
indian-history (15)
modern-india (14)
culture (13)
politics (13)
economics (11)
hindu-history (11)
memoir (11)
caste (9)
fiction (9)
mythology (9)
novel (9)
indian-history (15)
modern-india (14)
culture (13)
politics (13)
economics (11)
hindu-history (11)
memoir (11)
caste (9)
fiction (9)
mythology (9)
novel (9)
“Because here’s the thing that’s wrong with all of the “How to Be Happy” shit that’s been shared eight million times on Facebook in the past few years—here’s what nobody realizes about all of this crap: The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience. This is a total mind-fuck. So I’ll give you a minute to unpretzel your brain and maybe read that again: Wanting positive experience is a negative experience; accepting negative experience is a positive experience. It’s what the philosopher Alan Watts used to refer to as “the backwards law”—the idea that the more you pursue feeling better all the time, the less satisfied you become, as pursuing something only reinforces the fact that you lack it in the first place. The”
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
“The act of choosing a value for yourself requires rejecting alternative values. If I choose to make my marriage the most important part of my life, that means I’m (probably) choosing not to make cocaine-fueled hooker orgies an important part of my life. If I’m choosing to judge myself based on my ability to have open and accepting friendships, that means I’m rejecting trashing my friends behind their backs. These are all healthy decisions, yet they require rejection at every turn. The point is this: we all must give a fuck about something, in order to value something. And to value something, we must reject what is not that something. To value X, we must reject non-X. That”
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
“To be happy we need something to solve. Happiness is therefore a form of action;”
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
“In my life, I have given a fuck about many people and many things. I have also not given a fuck about many people and many things. And like the road not taken, it was the fucks not given that made all the difference.”
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
“It turns out that adversity and failure are actually useful and even necessary for developing strong-minded and successful adults.”
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Multis’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Multis’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Multis
Lists liked by Multis

















































