How few of your days you really remember.

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: “The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.” And we affirm: Your heart and soul, once stretched by the ideas in this book, will never return to their original dimensions.

I spent a lot of time reading. My only real friends were books. Books make for great friends, because the best thinkers of the last few thousand years tell you their nuggets of wisdom. [8]