That Book Guy

[thatbookguy]

I have not even a wife, for I was never willing to exchange the loneliness of a bachelor for the loneliness of a husband.

The Pale Man, Julius Long

[thatbookguy]

No knowledge can come without a teacher. There is something in man which evolves out of him; all knowledge is in man, but certain environments are necessary to call it out.

Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras

[thatbookguy]

Unless you understand that you can never become one, you will not learn to enjoy the opposite.

Inner Engineering: A Yogi’s Guide to joy

[thatbookguy]

I have never looked for anything in my life. I just look. If you really want to know spirituality, don’t look for anything. People think spirituality is about looking for God or truth or the ultimate. The problem is you have already defined what you are looking for. It is not the object of your search that is important; it is the faculty of looking.

Inner Engineering: A Yogi’s Guide to Joy

[thatbookguy]

Affectation of candour is common enough—one meets with it everywhere. But to be candid without ostentation or design—to take the good of everybody’s character and make it still better, and say nothing of the bad—belongs to you alone.

Pride and Prejudice

[thatbookguy]

A mistake on a printed page would gnaw at his soul forever.

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

[thatbookguy]

A good man is as strong as the right woman needs him to be.

Shantaram

[thatbookguy]

The most powerful outcomes are delayed.

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

[thatbookguy]

No tradition, however time-honored, deserves to live on as anything more than a museum piece if it has outlived its relevance.

Inner Engineering: A Yogi’s Guide to Joy

[thatbookguy]

A man trusts another man when he sees enough of himself in him.

Shantaram

[thatbookguy]

That's how children deal with terror. They fall asleep.

The Kite Runner

[thatbookguy]

He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

Wuthering Heights

[thatbookguy]

A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.

The Kite Runner

[thatbookguy]

The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.

To Kill a Mockingbird

[thatbookguy]

Today is the sort of day where the sun only comes up to humiliate you.

Fight Club

[thatbookguy]

Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.

Animal Farm

[thatbookguy]

You can forgive a fool because he only runs in one direction and doesn't deceive anybody. It's the deceivers who make you feel bad.

Ham on Rye