Seek freedom and become the captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
Tusen takk!
Da er de i lista :)
Har vanskelig for å forstå folk som ikke liker Harry Potter serien og Ringenes herre serien. Også er jeg veldig skeptisk til de som mener Fifty shades of grey serien er gode bøker, selv om jeg ikke har lest den selv :p Så jeg er vel litt fordomsfull.
Shirin Ebadi med Iran våkner. Det er en selvbiografisk bok om hvordan iransk samfunn endrer seg, spesielt for kvinner.
Jeg ønsker å lese mer nordisk litteratur innenfor disse sjangrene. Her har jeg lest altfor lite, og har dermed lite kunnskap til forfattere, så kom gjerne med forslag :)
Har bare med en bok for hver forfatter, slik at jeg kan få med flest mulig forfattere.
Beware! The mind of the believer stagnates. It fails to grow outward into an unlimited, infinite universe.
Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines. Improvements always make those at the top of the heap look inept. Who enjoys appearing inept?
The surest way to keep a secret is to make someone think they already know the answer.
A perfectly sane intellect is hardly at home in this insane world.
For what do you hunger Lord?” Moneo ventured.
“For a humankind which can make truly long-term decisions. Do you know the key to that ability, Moneo?”
“You have said it many times, Lord. It is the ability to change your mind"
Only fools prefer the past!
This wise man observere that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.
Most civilizations are based on cowardice. It's so easy to civilize by teaching cowardice. You water down the standards which would lead to bravery. You restrain the will. You regulate the appetites. You fence in the horizons. You make a law for every movement. You deny the existence of chaos. You teach even the children to breathe slowly. You tame.
To claim absolute knowledgw is to become monstrous. Knowledgw is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.
The past may show the right way to behave if you live in the past, still, but circumstances change.
Most deadly errors arise from obselete assumptions.
The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.
I have Said: "Blow out the lamp! Day is here!" And you keep saying: "Give me a lamp so I can find the day."
Reason is the first victim of strong emotion.
"Constitutions becomes the ultimate tyranny," Paul said. "They’re organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social power mobilized and it has no conscience. It can crush the highest and the lowest, removing all dignity and individuality. It has an unstable balance point and no limitations."