A compendium of human wisdom culled from the world’s celebrated–and anonymous –minds, from Confucius and Shakespeare to Maya Angelou and Woody Allen.
1001 Smartest Things Ever Said
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Everytime I read it I learn something new I like this book because its quotes are from a wide range of sources, covering almost every culture, religion, nation, historical period etc. Each time I read it, I feel inspired and I also understand myself a little bit better.
Great Collection of Great Observatoins This may be my favorite book I’ve read in the last 10 years. I love intelligent quotes, as 98% of these are. I find more insight, truth, knowledge contained in a single excellent 25 word quote than in many 500 page books. As an example, “you ain’t gonna learn what you don’t wanna know – Jerry Garcia” or “you are never too old to be what you might have been – George Elliot”. How simple and yet brilliant are those two thoughts? I could spend an evening discussing those two with friends and have a…
A must have Since I’ve been in the health care business – sometimes the only way to relate to patients – are words of wisdom. If I could know all the sayings in this book by hart – it would excel almost any education that a person could get (to a point). It’s made of fairly contemporary sayings that at least are “understandable”. Meaning not like those old books of quotes from way back when – when they sounded like Shakespeare (if you know the books that I’m talking about). Also for when it comes to…