Allen Sanderson

You can measure your worth by the number of things you love and not by the number of things that love you back.

Are you gonna do it? Are you gonna strike the bell? (CS Lewis, Magician’s Nephew) https://t.co/ujc1mTiac3

Maybe the best book dedication ever (Brunello Cucinellis book on Solomeo) I’ll await your Loro Piana response @DanielSLoeb1 https://t.co/7AaKsO47md

What is so important about epic poetry? Why are these five (or six!) poems considered the backbone of a solid classical education? What makes them so special? An epic 🧵on why epic poetry should matter to you... https://t.co/PftUWp0wgq

I try to keep this in mind. Chesterton, 1905 https://t.co/LZU8D5Nk3f

@mkonnikova I once worked with an editor who had pre-printed cards which he sent out to botherers. They read: “The literary editor thanks you for your letter, the contents of which have been noted”. I always thought this was a perfect response.

what is missing in most spiritual books is the relationship between ambition and surrender. in some ways i i feel i was naive to think spirituality killed ambition. no, it kills the false self striving for validation to prove its existence. indeed, the false self is like a ghost that cannot suffer its unreality and so it clings and reaches in the h... See more