The minds behind the books.
Sixteen so far — one Roman emperor, a handful of Europeans you were assigned and never finished, and a modern bench writing about habits, deep work, and clean code. Different shelves, same treatment: translated, simplified, and annotated until the ideas actually land.
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts."
"You fall to the level of your systems."
"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."
"History began when humans invented gods."
"What is essential is invisible to the eye."
"Look up at the stars and not down at your feet."
"A person’s name is, to that person, the sweetest sound in any language."
"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing."
"Clarity about what matters provides clarity about what does not."
"Clean code always looks like it was written by someone who cares."
"Care about your craft."