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As a rule reading fiction is as hard to me as trying to hit a targ

As a rule reading fiction is as hard to me as trying to hit a target by hurling feathers at it. I need resistance to celebrate! – William James

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The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds. – William James

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Change
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Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not. – William James

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A large, still book is a piece of quietness, succulent and nourishing in a noisy world, which I approach and imbibe with “a sort of greedy enjoyment,” as Marcel Proust said of those rooms of his old home whose air was “saturated with the bouquet of silence.” – Holbrook Jackson

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That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. – Amos Bronson Alcott

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[W]omen and books should be looked at daily. – Dutch Proverb

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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. – Arabic proverb

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Its through the small things that we develop our moral imagination, so that we can understand the sufferings of others. – Alexander McCall Smith

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