"A man is known by the books he reads."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Reading Quotes #Book Quotes #Men Quotes

“Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest.”
“I sort of feel like people are not that honest about their own parenting. Take any teenage household; tell me there is not yelling and conflict.”
“Most evolving lineages, human or otherwise, when threatened with extinction, don't do anything special to avoid it.”
“Gladys.. work has kept you fit And Bill.. you never moan Well life's not for carrying cases With a butler of your own”
“The more clarity you have, the more powerful your goals are.”
“When our interests matched, the Americans have been good to us, and when the interests differed, they wanted us to mold ourselves to them, which we refused.”
“As an American people, what is greatest about our history are the many times we have led this world away from hate, towards hope.”
“To survive you must find yourself then it won't matter where you are.”

Source : Laurence Gonzales (2017). “Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why”, p.177, W. W. Norton & Company

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