Tag: Quotes

The Daily Jane Austen A Year of Quotes


Free Download Jane Austen, "The Daily Jane Austen: A Year of Quotes"
English | ISBN: 022665544X | 2019 | 208 pages | PDF | 2 MB
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen is eminently, delightfully, and delectably quotable. This truth goes far beyond the first line of Pride and Prejudice, which has muscled out many other excellent sentences. So many gems of wit and wisdom from her novels deserve to be better known, from Northanger Abbey on its lovable, naive heroine-"if adventures will not befal a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad"-to

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Deep Thought 42 Fantastic Quotes That Define Philosophy


Free Download Gary Cox, "Deep Thought: 42 Fantastic Quotes That Define Philosophy"
English | ISBN: 1472567269 | 2015 | 208 pages | PDF | 3 MB
As Douglas Adams points out, if there is no final answer to question, ‘What is the meaning of life?’, ’42’ is as good or bad an answer as any other. Indeed, 42 quotes might be even better! Gary Cox guides us through 42 of the most misunderstood, misquoted, provocative and significant quotes in the history of philosophy providing a witty and compelling commentary along the way.

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Zen Pencils Cartoon Quotes from Inspirational Folks


Free Download Gavin Aung Than, "Zen Pencils: Cartoon Quotes from Inspirational Folks"
English | 2014 | pages: 175 | ISBN: 1449457959 | PDF | 212,1 mb
Zen Pencils is an exciting and unique new comic form that takes inspirational and famous quotations and adapts them into graphic stories. From icons like Confucius, Marie Curie, and Henry David Thoreau, to Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Calvin Coolidge, to contemporary notables like Ira Glass, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Neil Gaiman–their words are turned into sometimes heartwarming, sometimes sobering stories by cartoonist Gavin Aung Than. Be inspired, motivated, educated, and laugh as you read famous words as never before!

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From Self to Self – Notes and Quotes in Response to Awakening to the Dream


Free Download From Self to Self – Notes and Quotes in Response to Awakening to the Dream By Leo Hartong
2005 | 262 Pages | ISBN: 0954779274 | PDF | 6 MB
A compilation of expressions, questions and answers that came about in response to Leo’s highly praised first book ‘Awakening to the Dream’. Leo writes with characteristic insight and uses metaphor to illuminate the paradoxical and apparently confusing nature of non-dual reality. His original writing is reinforced by a vast knowledge of non-duality in other spiritual traditions and he weaves these together with his own direct path to present clear pointers to contemporary seekers An appropriately chosen quotation taken from various sources appears at the end of each short chapter. Also included at the end of the book is the full text of the Hsin-hsin Ming by the third Chan patriarch Seng-ts’an "The words in this book repeatedly point to the essence which knows the reading as it takes place. Rather than an encouragement to follow a lengthy path, it is an invitation to step off the path. It does not point to ‘your’ awareness, but to Awareness itself in which the idea of ‘you’ appears. It does not point to ‘your’ beingness, but to the undeniable Beingness that appears as you."

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