Sarah Bakewell

2 books with highlights

Books

At the Existentialist Café

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How to Live: A Life of Montaigne

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Featured Highlights

Life is a very narrow bridge; the important thing is to not be afraid.

From How to Live: A Life of Montaigne

#courage #fearlessness #life-lessons

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

From At the Existentialist Café

#life #understanding #philosophy #reflection

The only way to deal with life is to find joy in it.

From How to Live: A Life of Montaigne

#positivity #happiness #life-approach

There is no reality except the one contained within us.

From At the Existentialist Café

#reality #inner-world #existentialism #self-perception

To be is to be perceived.

From At the Existentialist Café

#perception #existence #philosophy #ontology

We are condemned to be free.

From At the Existentialist Café

#freedom #existentialism #philosophy #self-discovery

The only way to deal with the future is to function in the present.

From At the Existentialist Café

#future #present-moment #mindfulness #existentialism

Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.

From At the Existentialist Café

#identity #self-creation #existentialism #philosophy

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

From How to Live: A Life of Montaigne

#philosophy #self-discovery #individuality #belonging

The more we know, the more we realize we know nothing.

From How to Live: A Life of Montaigne

#wisdom #knowledge #humility