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Patrick Lu 嘉泺
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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
“Each person comes into this world with a specific destiny--he has something to fulfill, some message has to be delivered, some work has to be completed. You are not here accidentally--you are here meaningfully. There is a purpose behind you. The whole intends to do something through you.”
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“I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.”
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“On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.”
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“It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.”
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“Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.”
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Patrick Lu’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Patrick Lu’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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