That condensed idea expressed in just a few words or a sentence or two can shift your thinking, trigger an epiphany and alter your way of seeing the world. The wisest, most experienced and most thoughtful people in history have left us these little thoughtbombs and this book collects them. Surprising, jolting, discomforting and comforting insights urge us to live a full, unbridled life, question authority and reality, relate to fellow humans, create, risk, love, live with uncertainty and stay sane in an insane world.Poets, philosophers, scientists, musicians, artists, presidents, mystics, activists, academics and others rub shoulders here and give us the benefit of their hardearned wisdom, breakthroughs, breakdowns, bad choices, sudden illuminations and lightning wit. Sharing some of lifes most important lessons are William Blake and Bruce Lee, Abraham Lincoln and Lorrie Moore, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Terence McKenna, Ren Magritte and St. Teresa of Avila, Zelda Fitzgerald and James Baldwin and hundreds more.Neatly arranged into topics that everyone wonders about, this inspirational volume is filled with rousing insights and challenging thoughts that will appeal to anyone who is searching, anyone who doesnt fit in, anyone who questions the way things are.

Binding: Paperback;304 pages; Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser; Classification: VX; Weight: 440 g; Dimensions: 178 x 127 x 34

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