Thousands of books are waiting to be discovered.
Recommended Books
See All
“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.”
Essays and Aphorisms • Arthur Schopenhauer“But the soul which has been polluted, and is impure at the time of her departure, and is the companion and servant of the body always, and is in love with and fascinated by the body and by the desires and pleasures of the body, until she is led to believe that the truth exists only in bodily form, which a man may touch and see and taste and use for the purposes of his lusts—the soul, I mean, accustomed to hate and fear and avoid the intellectual principle, which to the bodily eye is dark and invisible, and can be attained only by philosophy—do you suppose that such a soul as this will depart pure and unalloyed?”
The Trials Of Socrates • Plato“For nothing is more democratic than logic; it is no respecter of persons and makes no distinction between crooked and straight noses.”
The Gay Science • Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche“Much better an intelligent hell than a stupid paradise.”
Ninety-Three • VICTOR HUGO““Don’t underestimate the power of vision and direction. These are irresistible forces, able to transform what might appear to be unconquerable obstacles into traversable pathways and expanding opportunities.””
12 Rules For Life: An Antidote To Chaos • Jordan B. Peterson