Are you looking for the Holy Grail, the source of power and strength, money and sex, health and eternal life? Have you been looking long? You’ve looked everything and it’s nowhere? Go to a bookstore. Read non-fiction books on philosophy, psychology and anatomy. At your 169th book, you will find the map of a treasure island with a gift hidden in it. To get this gift, you will have to give everything you have but, in return, you will receive everything you dreamed of.
The meaning of the parables is to teach us to pay attention to very small and seemingly insignificant details, which, in fact, are truly the most important.
Was heißt die Zeit gewinnen? Montaigne hat seine „Erfahrungen“ 20 Jahre geschrieben, und ich habe sie einen Monat gelesen. Ich habe den Nutzen erkannt und gewonnen ca. aus 20% des Gelesenen. Auf diese Weise ist mein Gewinn 4 Jahre. Je mehr du liest, desto mehr Zeit gewinnst. Zeit ist Geld. In drei Jahren des Lesens habe ich einen reinen Profit ca. 100 Jahre, mit Berechnung des Synergieeffekts ca. 1000 Jahre.
What does it mean to gain time? Montaigne spent 20 years writing his Essays and I read them in one month. I realized and put to good use some 20% of what I had read. Thus, my gain was about 4 years. The more you read, the more you gain time. Time is money. In three years of reading, I managed to gain some 100 years net and, taking the synergistic effect into consideration, some 1,000 years.
Books make us kinder as the stronger a person is the fewer fears this person has and it makes this person kinder. Books help to become stronger in mind.
I believe in fairy tales if I see their meaning and usefulness. If a fairy tale is a fantasy written for pleasure or other thrills, I am not interested in such tales.
A mind that doesn't read books degrades back into an animal. The human mind was created by books. That would not degrade, you need to grow. To stop is to die.
Isaac Babel’s short story Di Grasso clearly illustrates the Zen concept according to which, if a room is dark, all you should do to remedy the situation is to turn the light on. Do what you are most afraid of, and this will instantly transform hell into paradise.
Having read the same book, two different people will get totally different thoughts and messages from it. What's more, their impressions will rather depend on their life experience, outlook and mindset than on the book itself.
The message of the book often depends on the personality of its reader. As one likes to see the kind of message one is aimed at seeing.
Reading is not about how much one can read but rather about attention and understanding.
P.S. As usual, it's quality and not quantity that matters. Thus, a person who understood only one good book will make greater progress than someone who read a hundred of books for no reason. And if most of this someone's hundred books are shoddy, this person will not be considered a constructive type at all.
The rich and the beautiful cry too. The story of Cinderella. The story about a lucky fool who suddenly became rich. A consolation story, a booky cookie, a dream story - that mistakes the wish for the reality. A fairy tale about a dream that will never come true. A fairy tale about great love that doesn't exist in reality. A fairy tale about those who are more stupid or unlucky.
The books where children should act as adults will always be popular. As children like to feel adult while adults actually remain children within the bodies that grow old.
One of the best ways to raise children is not to argue or teach them, but, having gained their trust, becoming their friends, to slip them specially selected books, essays and articles, forcing their minds to grow and develop evolutionarily.
The tale of the three little pigs is a tale of those who live in a world of illusions and those who live in reality. Now you know what happens to people who want everything at once.
The goddess of victory Pallas Athena is the goddess of wisdom and knowledge. Athena, the warrior maiden, was the goddess of arts and crafts, science and invention, military tactics and strategy. In other words, if you seek the patronage of victory, you should learn more, read more, and train more.
This work is about how to act, even if you can do so. Onegin is a character who seems to do nothing wrong, staying within the bounds of public opinion, but everything he does is wrong.
Pull oneself from the mire by hairs... along with a horse/ Incredible! But philosophers claim that one can make one's own entertainment. Thousands of books assure it's up to us.
Variothoughts are a forest and trees. Sequoias, pines, bushes and mushrooms. – Is there the Red Riding Hood too? – He who goes into the woods should not be afraid of wolves.
Sinn des „Andersdenkens“ ist darin, die Ordnung machen, genau bestimmt gehabt, was ist was, Körner von Lolchen teilen. Was ist Wahrheit, was ist Lüge. Was gut, was schlecht. Was ist das Gute und was ist da Böse…
The point of Variothoughts is to put things in order by defining precisely what is what and by separating the chaff from the grain. Truth from lie. Good from bad. Good from evil…
Ein Mensch kommt zu Büchern des „Andersglaubens“ durch ihre Verneinung. Es gibt kein anderes Verfahren, Wahrheit zu begreifen als durch ihre Verneinung. Zuerst Zweifel, dann Glauben. Wenn umgekehrt, Stachel der Zweifel wird schnell den Glauben zerstören. Wenn du mich schmutzig magst, wirst auch sauber mögen, das sind Demut und echte Liebe. Andere Liebe ist nichts als Lüge und Leidenschaft.
People come to the books of Variothoughts by negating them. Negating the truth is the only means to find the truth. Doubts come first and faith comes next. If it is the other way round, the worm of doubt will quickly destroy your faith. If you love me black, you will love me white – that is what resignation and true love are all about. Any other love is just lie and passion.
In der Tat gibt es die Rettung von Armut und Leiden. Lesesaal und Bibliotheken retten sogar diejenigen, die nichts außer Hoffnung haben. Streben nicht das Geld nach, arbeite einen halben Tag, um es für einfaches Essen, Bekleidung und ein Bett im Wohnheim ausreicht, die Restzeit verbringe in der Bibliothek und mach Sport. Keine drei Jahre verstrichen, und du sparst genug Kräfte, um deinen jeden Wunsch zu erfüllen.
In fact, there is salvation from poverty and suffering. Reading rooms and libraries will save even those who have nothing but hope. Don't rush for money, work half a day to get enough for the simplest food, clothes and a bed in the hostel, and the rest of the time spend in the library and do sports. In less than three years, you will have accumulated enough strength to fulfill any desire.
„Windfänger“ ist derjenige, der nach der Liebe sucht. Liebe ist wie ein Wind, sie bringt Wolken. Liebe ist ein Energiefluss, Wolken sind eine Quelle vom Regen und Leben. Wasser ist die Energie, Erfolg und Geld. Vergänglich ist das alles, denn die Winde sind ewig. Wozu dem nachzulaufen, was selbst zu dir in die Hände kommt. Alles, was du brauchst, ist, mit dem Geist erhebend und atmend, mit voller Brust den Wind zu fangen.
"Windcatcher" is someone who seeks love. Love is like the wind, it brings clouds. Love is the flow of energy, clouds are the source of rain and life. Water is energy, luck and money. Vain is all this, for the winds are eternal. Why run after something that's already begging for your hands? All you need is to rise in spirit, inhale, catch the wind with your chest.
Pass auf, ein Handwerkmeister bitten nur das, was ihm das Tun seines Handwerks leichter macht. Ein Handwerkmeister ist ein Werkzeug der Providenz für die Erfüllung der bestimmten Aufgaben und die Providenz hilft ihm, diese zu erledigen. Solche Beziehungen sind ein gemeinsam lukrativer Vertrag. Handwerkmeister hat angefangen für Providenz zu arbeiten und Providenz unterstützt ihn.
Mind you, Emelya the Handyman asks only what makes it easy for him to do his job. Emelya the Handyman is the tool of Providence designed to perform specific tasks, and Providence helps him accomplish them. This relationship is a mutually beneficial contract. Emelya has set about working for Providence and Providence helps him.
Bei der Analyse der Persönlichkeit soll man Bücher, die ein Mensch liest, in Betracht nehmen, was ihm aus dem letzten, aus der Kindheit usw. im Gedächtnis geblieben ist.
When analyzing somebody’s personality, pay attention to the books he reads, his latest and childhood memories, etc. Ideas and stories that have remained in his memory are highly important. Of great significance is his attitude towards his parents and other people. Thirdly, consider his education and work experience.
Tempel des Syntalismus sind kostenlose Bibliotheken und Buchhandlungen gleichzeitig. Jeder Mensch kann kommen und kostenlos ein Buch im Lesesaal lesen, mit nach Hause nehmen oder für seine Hausbibliothek kaufen. Bibliothek ist gleichzeitig eine Gemäldegalerie und Museum. Alle Einkommen aus dem Verkauf werden für Unterstützung der kostfreien Dienstleistungen, Sammlungserfrischung und Bau der neuen Syntalismus-Tempel verwendet. Während der Epoche der Illusionen der Bücher und Internet behalten wir materielle Bücher und Kunst.
Temples of Syntalism are free libraries and bookstores at the same time. Any person can come and read a book for free in the reading hall, take it home or buy for his home library. The library is simultaneously an art gallery and a museum. All revenues from sales are used to support free services, to update the collections and to build new temples of Syntalism. We preserve material books and art in the age of illusionary books and the Internet.
Syntalismus ist Philosophie von digitalen virtualen Welten. Mehrzahl von vernünftigen Spiel-, Bücher- und Filmeinwohner halten in ihrer Weltanschauung der Quantenphilosophie vom Syntalismus.
Syntalism is a philosophy of digital virtual worlds. Most intelligent inhabitants of games, books, and movies adhere to the quantum philosophy of Syntalism in their worldview.