Exercise free will and creative, independent thought not for the satisfactions they will bring you, but for the good they will do others, the rest of the 6.8 billionโand those who will follow them. And then you too will discover the great and curious truth of the human experience is that selflessness is the best thing you can do for yourself. The sweetest joys of life, then, come only with the recognition that youโre not special. Because everyone is.
David McCulloughBooks can change your life. Some of the most influential people in our lives are characters we meet in books.
David McCulloughI'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down.
David McCulloughMorality only is eternal. All the rest is balloon and bubble from the cradle to the grave.
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