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This book is one of the more widely distributed works of Ibn 'Ata'illah and serves as an ethical guide to those seeking God. It is a collection of short spiritual sayings each containing profound meaning driven from the Qur'an and Sunnah, and deals with issues related to tawhid, ethics and day-to-day conduct.

By the author of the modern classic The Black Swan, this collection of aphorisms and meditations expresses his major ideas in ways you least expect. The Bed of Procrustes takes its title from Greek mythology: the story of a man who made his visitors fit his bed to perfection by either stretching them or cutting their limbs. It represents Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s view of modern civilization’s hubristic side effects.

THE "Aphorisms" appeared originally in The Century. Of the brief paragraphs and verses, some are printed here for the first time; but the greater part are extracts from my longer work, which has appeared in The Century, St. Nicholas, Wide Awake, Harper's Magazine, Harper's Weekly, Harper's Bazar, the McClure Syndicate, The Cosmopolitan, The Overland Monthly, Lippincott's Magazine, Worthington's Magazine, and in "The Ring of Amethyst," and "From Palm to Glacier". JANUARY 1. Remember that the whim of to-day is the impulse of to-morrow, the wish of next week, the effort of next month, the good...

These Maxims are offered to the Public as original. They are the spontaneous effusions of private observation, made at different periods, on the human character. The Author is unconscious of any plagiarism, not having consulted, either by reading or recollection, any other writer on the same subject. 1. Few people like to receive ad« vice after they leave school, much better than they would to have the old birch rod shaken over their heads. 2. Advice has fallen into disrepute, from the mediocrity of those who give it. Our amour propre is insulted by receiving monition from persons whom we ...

This is a compendium of 1,008 ‘gems’ of timeless wisdom from ancient Sanskrit literature. The ‘gems’ are the aphorisms / adages which are enormously profound as well as extremely practical. These have been enunciated by great minds and contain both philosophical and worldly knowledge, which have been distilled for easy understanding, enjoyment, and practice in life. These serve as simple instructions to enhance the quality of life.

Emil du Bois-Reymond included the Latin phrase ‘Ignoramus et ignorabimus’ (‘we do not know, and we will not know’) in his book, ‘The 7 Enigmas of the Universe.’ In this work, he maintained that when encountering the logical limits of thought, the fundamental problems of the functioning of the Universe are unsolvable. This expression has since been adopted as a motto by modern agnosticism. Despite the advancements in quantum physics, precision cosmology, and the standard theory of the Big Bang, agnosticism can still be maintained. This justifies the title chosen for this book, in...

Examples: Deception will always give way to perception. If you think “the man” who invented your job needs to be punished in some way, you'll never be "the man". If you aren't doing your job because you don't like "the man", his job becomes finding someone to replace you. A man who speaks from experience and an honest appraisal of reality is far more admirable than a man who speaks from blind adherence to a false ideology. It is not about left or right but about right and wrong.

A companion volume to Illuminations, the first collection of Walter Benjamin’s writings, Reflections presents a further sampling of his wide-ranging work. Here Benjamin evolves a theory of language as the medium of all creation, discusses theater and surrealism, reminisces about Berlin in the 1920s, recalls conversations with Bertolt Brecht, and provides travelogues of various cities, including Moscow under Stalin.

Even if you’ve never heard his name, you’ve probably met someone with his words tattooed on their skin or heard them sung at a music concert. Atticus, the anonymous young New York Times bestselling author, has taken the world by storm with his beautiful poetry and powerful, simple themes of love and strength of the human spirit. His fourth poetry collection, LVOE., is a study into himself. Using his instantly recognizable lyrical style and relatable themes, Atticus will once again dazzle listeners, inspiring them to also look within.

It has been 10 years since the first publication of this book. Major changes and additions have been introduced in this revised 10th Anniversary edition of 2025. The major changes include a detailed commentary on Gabriel’s aphorisms in the revised introduction. This edition further places renewed emphasis on the transformative power of poetic aphorisms in shaping contemporary consciousness, offering pragmatic pathways for the upliftment of the human condition. In doing so, it underscores the urgent imperative for mankind to cultivate altruistic behaviour, moral emancipation, and ethically...

This recording presents a scholarly but accessible 20th century translation by Constantine FitzGibbon, and opens with an introduction to the life and works of La Rochefoucauld, as well as his own description of himself. It closes with a brief but interesting bibliography, in which FitzGibbon brings clarity to the various editions. It is presented in a very listenable manner by David Rintoul, who gives each maxim the weight and character it deserves.

Action is life's constant call. It is the trying that removes the doubt that theory cannot solve. Pegs are keywords, non-lexical definitions, aphorisms, humor, quotations, proverbs, lyrics and verse that can motivate one to act, whether this action entails understanding one's circumstances or changing them. As Euripides said, "Heaven ne'er helps the man who will not act."

The Tao Te Ching, or the Book of the Way of Virtue is an ancient and venerable Chinese text that may date back as far as the 4th century BC. Its simple yet profound words have been an inspiration to countless generations of artists, writers and thinkers; its ideas are so basic yet so deep that they can be related to most any activity or pursuit. Yet, its original audience was to the emperors of that ancient time and not the general populace. I, too, was inspired by the Tao Te Ching and wrote a set of aphorisms that would relate to our own postmodern condition and time. These words reflect ...

These aphorisms are impressive independently as well as insightful to Kafka's thinking. He carefully numbered and kept them on separate pages. A must-listen to understand Kafka's thinking.

“There are at least two kinds of games,” states James P. Carse as he begins this extraordinary book. “One could be called finite; the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.” Finite games are the...

Social media sensation Darby Hudson offers this collection of encouraging and humorous reflections to encourage others to continue expressing themselves, no matter what. You're Going to Be OK is a book on art, jobs, magic and muddling through. These fragments were gathered by the train tracks at...

To soon old, too late smart. Over the course of my life, I have happened upon sayings that apply to specific situations in our lives. Actually, they relate powerful lessons. Over time, I jotted down many of these real-world insights and also began to compile a list of my personal experiences that I expected to pass along to my children. But I was married for 13 years then divorced. We were not blessed with children. So I passed these sayings along to pipe fitter apprentices who worked with me, and the lessons were received very well.

Kahlil Gibran was Lebanese by birth but spent a major part of his life in America in the early part of the 20th century. He wrote many collections of stories with a wise or whimsical tone, but none more popular than The Prophet, his first collection, or The Wanderer, his final anthology.

C. S. Lewis wrote of George MacDonald: "I know hardly any other writer who seems to be closer, or more continually close, to the Spirit of Christ Himself." Lewis also claimed that everything he wrote was influenced by this Scottish pastor and novelist who lived a century before Lewis. George...

In 1894, Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) published two collections of aphorisms: A Few Maxims For The Instruction Of The Over-Educated, in the Saturday Review newspaper, and Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young, in the Oxford student magazine The Chameleon. By turns witty, intellectual, counter-intuitive and obtruse, the collections came to be seen by many as emblematic of Wilde's style, and countless collections of Wildean aphorisms have since been published. (Summary by Carl Manchester)