Kara wrote:DRyanWalker,
What book are you talking aobut?
He is talking about 1984 by George Orwell.
Asherman, you have taken me 'way back to books that influenced me when I was twenty. I was newly at Berkeley and read some radical stuff in philosophy class. I ran with it and foreswore all of my straight upbringing. My mother and father lamented my falling in among thieves, but what happened was that I was struggling to think for myself for the first time in my life.
I will never forget the first time I read Plato's dialogues. I was mesmerized. I would awaken at night and turn things over in my mind for hours. I realized that philosophy was my first thing.
It is still that, today.
he wrote in the subject - "1984"
Thanks, velvett and LionTamer...I didn't see the subject line until after I posted.
I keep seeing this thread and cant resist.
DreamStory/Traumenovelle(commonly known as the film Eyes Wide Shut)
I read the book and found it mind blowing, it was written in sucha truthful way.I was and am still amazed as to how open it was.
I reckon it has attributed to my 'a bit to bold' attitude to airing my opinions.
For me it was "The Path To Love" by Deepak Chopra. For some reason, after I read it, I began to open up to spirituality rather than religion. I considered myself an atheist for many years but after reading this book I realized I didn't need to claim a religion to be spiritually connected to the world. It wasn't some mind-blowing book but it did give me my first shove into the right direction.
I also like "Uncle Tom's Cabin." I love how Harriet Beecher Stowe writes. To date it's my favorite fiction.
the alchemist by paulo coelho..
how to stop worrying and start living? by dale carnegie..this book is great and i was really moved by its inspirational stories..
"dialogue with atheist friend" by mustafa mahmud..this book really changed me
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
&
Fight Club
