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Lying in Politics: Hannah Arendt on Deception, Self-Deception, and the Psychology of Defactualization
“No matter how large the tissue of falsehood that an experienced liar has to offer, it will never be large enough … to cover the immensity of factuality.”
How Our Government Helps Us: A Charming 1969 Illustrated Primer
“Good citizens tell the truth.”
Eleanor Roosevelt on the Power of Personal Conviction and Our Individual Responsibility in Social Change
“In the long run there is no more liberating, no more exhilarating experience than to determine one’s position, state it bravely, and then act boldly. Action brings with it its own courage, its own energy, a growth of self-confidence that can be acquired in no other way.”
When Breath Becomes Air: A Young Neurosurgeon Examines the Meaning of Life as He Faces His Death
“When you come to one of the many moments in life where you must give an account of yourself, provide a ledger of what you have been, and done, and meant to the world…”
Art as a Form of Active Prayer and What Writers Really Labor For
“Immerse yourself in the common ground of the universe so that your true voice — not the egoistic voice that clamors vainly for power (for it will ruin you if you listen to it) — your authentic voice … may be heard.”
The Final Word Is Love: Dorothy Day on Human Connection, Music, and the Power of Community
“We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.”
The Timeless Magic of the Book in the Age of Technology: Hermann Hesse on Why We Read and Always Will
“If anyone wants to try to enclose in a small space, in a single house or a single room, the history of the human spirit and to make it his own, he can only do this in the form of a collection of books.”
Frida Kahlo on How Love Amplifies Beauty: Her Breathtaking Tribute to Diego Rivera
“I do not think that the banks of a river suffer because they let the river flow.”
An Illustrated Tour of New York City from a Dog’s Point of View
A vibrant concentration of humanity, seen through earnest eyes of wonderment and infectious enthusiasm.
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