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The Paradox of Freedom: The Great Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist Erich Fromm on Moral Aloneness and Our Mightiest Antidote to Terror
“Modern man still is anxious and tempted to surrender his freedom to dictators of all kinds, or to lose it by transforming himself into a small cog in the machine.”
Zadie Smith on Optimism and Despair
“Progress is never permanent, will always be threatened, must be redoubled, restated and reimagined if it is to survive.”
The Dialogues: Illustrated Conversations About the Most Thrilling Frontiers of Science by Theoretical Physicist and Self-Taught Artist Clifford Johnson
From black holes to the multiverse, a cosmic comic celebrating the endangered art of human conversation.
Wallace Stevens on Reality, Creativity, and Our Greatest Self-Protection from the Pressure of the News
“[The artist’s] function is to make his imagination … become the light in the minds of others. His role, in short, is to help people to live their lives.”
Speech, Action, and the Human Condition: Hannah Arendt on How We Invent Ourselves and Reinvent the World
“The smallest act in the most limited circumstances bears the seed of … boundlessness, because one deed, and sometimes one word, suffices to change every constellation.”
I and Thou: Philosopher Martin Buber on the Art of Relationship and What Makes Us Real to One Another
“The primary word I–Thou can only be spoken with the whole being. The primary word I–It can never be spoken with the whole being.”
Germaine de Staël’s Guide to Haters: The First Modern Woman on Meritocracy, the Psychology of Why the Masses Rejoice in Tearing Down Successful Individuals, and the Only True Measure of Genius
“The life of man, so short in itself, is still of longer duration than the judgment and the affections of his contemporaries.”
Rachel Carson on Writing and the Loneliness of Creative Work
“If you write what you yourself sincerely think and feel and are interested in… you will interest other people.”
Billy Collins’s Advice to Writers
“Spotlessness is the niece of inspiration.”
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