Join Favorite Highlights
A batch of the best highlights from what Stefan's read, .
A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man's mind. Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
‘A great man shows his greatness,’ said Carlyle, ‘by the way he treats little men.’
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
A whole family of self-flattering words serves as benedictions for the vision of the anointed. “Progress” and “progressive” are prominent examples. But everyone is for “progress,” by definition. They differ only on specifics, though these differences may be extreme and even violent. Words like “progress” or “progressive” preempt these specific issues by arbitrarily assuming the differential desirability of one’s own preferred changes, without having to debate substance—or even acknowledge its relevance.
The Vision of the Anointed
Thomas Sowell
...catch up on these, and many more highlights
Readwise