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This is a very nice quote actually. I've recently written a book about being alone an I might just use this quote as an opener in the next version of it.

I'm posting the link to my book here. Not sure if it's considered spam or promotion. It's free on amazon anyways. I hope you enjoy reading it. Maybe it helps you get started on your journey of not giving a fuck what others want you to do. Here it is: Alone Time

For more pure gold like this, read the pleasure of finding things out, Surely you're joking Mr. Feynman and What do you care what other people think

The book of his letters is amazing. Amazon link so you can read the synopsis etc.

https://www.amazon.com/Perfectly-Reasonable-Deviations-Beaten-Track/dp/0465023711/ref=pd_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=Q83DHXZQD5T43JXH4425

One of my favorites by him. I forget if it contains this lecture, but I would highly recommend The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist for anyone with an open mind and a critical outlook.

Then again, I would probably recommend all of his books to almost anyone :P

There is neither Good nor evil. There simply, “is”.

We use words to describe something’s “is-ness”. However what it “is” depends almost entirely on the context in which it appears and/or how it is perceived by the observer. The difference between narcissism (bad) and confidence (Good) is how the phenomenon manifest.

Many of these ideas are better articulated by experts such as

Edmund Husserl and his theory of phenomenology
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/phenomenology/

Also discussed by Mark Twain in “Mere Christianity”
https://www.amazon.com/Mere-Christianity-C-S-Lewis/dp/0060652926

Robert Anton in “Prometheus Rising”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_Rising

I just finished reading this biography of him. I definitely recommend it. Biographies have a way of humanizing people more than quotes ever could.

get her both, sisters are awesome:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Poems-Underground-Penguin-Hardback-Classics/dp/0141389524

or

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Letters-Note-Correspondence-Deserving-Audience/dp/1782112235

just because he was and is classed by many as a sexual deviant (and nothing more) does not mean he had/has nothing to say. check out john phillips' excellent the marquis de sade: a very short introduction. it's from the very short introductions series from oxford university press, which are always compelling. phillips offers a simple but cogent argument for why de sade should be treated as a serious philosophical figure.

definitely worth the read.

> "To you, I was just a chapter; to me, you were the whole book."

Google shows 5 results, including this thread, vs. 12,500 for the OP's phrasing (including Goodreads).

The actual quote, from To Be Sung Underwater, is "For you, I was a chapter—a good chapter maybe, or even your favorite chapter, but, still, just a chapter—and for me, you were the book.".

I can't find an online version of the book to cite, but you can see the quote in the Amazon description for the book.

You've stumbled onto something I have been striving to learn about all my life. You might enjoy this book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Enough-Breaking-Free-World-Excess/dp/0340935928

Can I offer you a nice book recommendation in this trying time?

https://www.amazon.com/Staring-Sun-Overcoming-Terror-Death/dp/0470401818

The book A First Rate Madness talks at length about great leaders in times of crisis who went through depression. Having to endure enabled, or rather forced, them to develop a deeper level of empathy or resolve. It's a great read about the positives of mental illness that not many people are discussing.
Here's a link to the book on Amazon if it piqued your interest:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0143121332/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1459228791&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=a+first+rate+madness&dpPl=1&dpID=518LWMl9xBL&ref=plSrch

Glad you like it, sorry though, I don't know of any online versions.

Edit: I know it's a late edit, but this is the book I got the quote from.

https://smile.amazon.com/Bird-Some-Instructions-Writing-Life/dp/0385480016

You should read this

Trilogy

From Diary. Turns out there's also an audiobook version of it on Youtube. Link.

If you just want to get a gist of the thoughts without a lot of back story, etc. What Would Buddha Do? is a good start. One thing that really stuck with me is to not be irritated with foolish people for being foolish - like fire that burns - they know no other way.

Another good one is Essential Buddhism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs and Practices. For when you're getting more serious about it.