Anna B

"Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do."

Voltaire

Identifying as someone who categorically rejects books suggests a much larger deficiency of character.

Plato’s truth is identical not only with the beautiful, but with the good and the just.

The Eightfold Path, however, is holistic. Each branch is intrinsically linked, and intended to be followed concurrently. Without understanding the seven other forms of guidance, let alone practising them, mindfulness becomes stripped of its essential meaning

“A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world."

-Susan Sontag

Truth does not belong to anyone; it is the outcome of the scientific exchange of written ideas.