Category Archives: Lit.

RIP Gore Vidal

Posted on August 1, 2012 by felixhoward

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television. It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail. A narcissist is someone better looking than you are. Any American who is prepared to run for president should … Continue reading →

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The Real and True and Sure BY ROBERT BROWNING (excerpt)

Posted on May 3, 2012 by felixhoward

Could we by a wish Have what we will and get the future now, Would we wish aught done undone in the past? So, let him wait God’s instant men call years; Meantime hold hard by truth and his great … Continue reading →

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The 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene

Posted on January 17, 2012 by felixhoward

The 48 Laws of Power is a 1998 book by Robert Greene. He takes elements of some of the worlds most influential political thinkers to come up with the 48 Laws of Power, from Niccolò Machiavelli to Sun Tsu, he captures their … Continue reading →

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Correspondence between Tolstoy and Gandhi

Posted on August 5, 2011 by felixhoward

In 1908, Tolstoy wrote A Letter to a Hindoo outlining his belief in non-violence as a means for India to gain independence from British colonial rule. In 1909, a copy of the letter fell into the hands of Mohandas Gandhi … Continue reading →

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Three Questions – by Leo Tolstoy

Posted on August 5, 2011 by felixhoward

One day it occurred to a certain emperor that if he only knew the answers to three questions, he would never stray in any matter. What is the best time to do each thing? Who are the most important people … Continue reading →

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Love is not love / Which alters when it alteration finds

Posted on July 28, 2011 by felixhoward

Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an ever-fixèd mark That looks on tempests and … Continue reading →

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The Last Answer by Isaac Asimov

Posted on January 5, 2011 by felixhoward

from Thrivenotes.com Murray Templeton was forty-five years old, in the prime of life, and with all parts of his body in perfect working order except for certain key portions of his coronary arteries, but that was enough. The pain had … Continue reading →

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