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In a hamlet of ten households, there are bound to be those who are my equal in doing their best for others and in being trustworthy in what they say, but they are unlikely to be as eager to learn as I am.
~ Confucius Quotes
from The Analects
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“PhilosophersNotes are the answer to a question that I've been asking myself a lot lately: How do I find the time to read all of the books that I want to read and still live a productive life? Think of these six page gems as movie trailers in the world of inspiring books, except that all of them are going to grab you. Not only because the books that Brian picks are the best of the best, but because of his amazing ability to extract the big ideas of each book and break them down into powerful, efficient, fun to read summaries. The ability to instantly apply this wisdom to my life coupled with the knowledge that makes it easy for me to decide what book I want to dive deeper into next makes PhilosophersNotes a priceless resource in my life.”
“Brian, I can't tell you enough how your notes have encouraged me. In many ways they are exactly what I have needed to here. My husband began listening many months ago but I refused. Although we have taken our kids on a 1 1/2 trip and our currently living and teaching English in China, you'd think I would be a very self-actualized, confident person. However, this is not the case. I daily hike up a local mountain and listen to one of your notes. It has drastically improved my daily life as well as help me focus on where I go from here. What do you do when your living your dreams at 40? Time to refocus.
Thanks for your commitment to this project, and as long as you keep writing I'll keep listening!
Best wishes for you!”
"What we do naturally is we cling, we grasp, we hold on to. We are not functioning freely, not free, because we’re stuck. Buddha observed this tendency and gave it a name. He said when the mind is stuck, you’re in dukkha (usually translated from the Sanskrit as suffering). Dukkha literally means a wheel whose hub doesn’t move. So what kind of a wheel do you have? A useless, dysfunctional wheel. What good is a wheel if it doesn’t move? What Buddha discovered and taught was to free up the wheel. He called it sukkha, a liberated wheel, a freed-up wheel. That means liberation, nirvana." ~ Zen Master Dennis Genpo Merzel
