Sarah Bakewell

33 thoughts in this book draw on Sarah Bakewell.

Books & sources

• How to Live · 33 thoughts

The thoughts

• all the schools have the same aimEnjoy the Flight
• and every moment let us picture it in our…The Landing
• but life is more difficult than deathThe Landing
• do not seek to have everything that happens happen…Takeoff Into Chaos
• Don't worry about death became his most fundamental, most…The Landing
• Gustav flaubert wrote about Montagne Don't read him as…Before Takeoff
• if you don't know how to die don't worry…The Landing
• if you don't know how to die, don't worryThe Landing
• life does not pause to remind you that it…The Landing
• Life does not pause to remind you that it…The Landing
• not everyone can have the benefit of being insane…The Landing
• often books need not be used at allExpanding Your Range
• often, books need not be used at allExpanding Your Range
• only one thing is certainTakeoff Into Chaos
• other writers shared M's fascination with the unstableTakeoff Into Chaos
• stoics and epicureans shared a great deal of their…The Landing
• a person's ideas very a lot and two decades…The Flight Plan
• all the schools have the same aim which was…The Heart in the Cockpit
• as the philosopher Epictetus put it a person who…Expanding Your Range
• consciousnessThe philosopher hiraculitis Said you cannot step into the…The Instruments
• corporal punishment was almost unknown to himThe Flight Plan
• don't read him as children do, for amusementThe Flight Plan
• If you become depressed or bored in your retirement…The Instruments
• if you fail to grasp life, it will allude…The Flight Plan
• in truth, however hard you try, you can never…The Flight Plan
• it is a thorny undertaking, and more so than…The Mind in the Cockpit
• It is a thorny undertaking, and more so than…The Mind in the Cockpit
• learning should be a pleasure and children should grow…The Flight Plan
• m usually disliked idealistic schemes, but in this case…Family & Parenting
• Montgomery had a fascination with the mindThe Mind in the Cockpit
• on tranquility of mind he wrote that I don't…The Flight Plan
• questions and theories mean little for your imagination can…The Mind in the Cockpit
• the only weld document the child in the family…Expanding Your Range