Dear Readers,
I have decided to suspend postings on The Bookman’s Page this summer to focus on a number of my health issues. My plan is to return to my daily postings after Labor Day rejuvenated from my summer hiatus.
Have a Great Summer Everyone
The Bookman, Michael O’Leary
MJO – 2023
Posted in Notes from Mike |
Dear Readers,
My weekend posts on The Bookman’s Page are limited to just one brief Thoughtful Quote. Featured below is this Saturday’s quote.
“The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.”
– Socrates —
♦ Portions of this post were adapted from GoodReads quotes.
Posted in THOUGHTFUL QUOTE |
Dear Readers,
My weekend posts on The Bookman’s Page are limited to just one brief Thoughtful Quote. Featured below is this Saturday’s quote:
“Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people — people who have stayed alive by hiding between the covers of a book”
— E.B. White —
♦ Portions of this post were adapted from Goodreads.com.
Posted in THOUGHTFUL QUOTE |
Today’s repost originally was published on September 30, 2022. Portions of this post were excerpted from the laughing librarian’s Facebook page and Google graphics.
In today’s post, I thought I would share a humorous look at a new life goal, inspired by a meme posted on the Laughing Librarian’s Facebook page. I hope this new goal will bring a smile to your face to end your week…
My new life goal is to have a TV show like Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives except it will be called, Bookstores, Beverages, and Besties. In this show, I would visit different cities in each episode, browse the city’s best bookstore with friends who travel with me, and enjoy various beverages, as we enjoy our books.
In my mind, it certainly is a goal worth striving for — sounds like fun to me.
MJO – 2023
Posted in Humor |
Today’s post was originally published on my blog on October 28, 2022.
For a number of years, I posted on my blog a daily Thought, Word, and Random Thought. In today’s post, I thought I would share a few of my favorite Random Thoughts from over the years
♦ Random Thought: We all have some sort of standards we live by, and then there are people who feel they are always right because they have double standards…
♦ Random Thought: The older I get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for…except voting!
♦ Random Thought: Recently I received a Chinese fortune cookie that read: “I wish I could help you with your life, but I’m just a cookie”…
♦ Random Thought: When people say, “Can I ask you a question?” …are they really giving you a choice?
♦ Random Thought: “It is what it is” is too readily used in our society? How about: this is a problem, let’s address it and try to solve it…
♦ Random Thought: So when a person says, “They haven’t got all day” does that mean they have a shorter day than I do…
MJO – 2023
Posted in Humor |
Today’s repost was originally published on my blog on September 29, 2021. Portions of this post were adapted from Wikipedia, philosphy.com, goodreads quotes, and Google graphics.
The Republic was authored by Plato around 375 BC. This dialogue concerned justice, the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man. It has become Plato’s best-known work and has proven to be one of the world’s most influential works of philosophy and political theory, both intellectually and historically. A Brief Synopsis of The Republic
In the dialogue, Plato has Socrates talk with various Athenians and foreigners about the meaning of justice and whether the just man is happier than the unjust man. In the dialogue Plato considers the nature of existing regimes and then proposes a series of different, hypothetical cities in comparison, culminating in Kallipolis, a utopian city-state ruled by a philosopher-king. He also discuss the theory of forms, the immortality of the soul, and the role of the philosopher and of poetry in society.
Some of the more meaningful statements from The Republic:
“The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.”
“If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.”
“The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.”
“Money-makers are tiresome company, as they have no standard but cash value.”
“The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.”
One major thought that Plato leaves us with is this statement from The Republic:
“And whenever any one informs us that he has found a man who knows all the arts, and all things else that anybody knows, and every single thing with a higher degree of accuracy than any other man –whoever tells us this, I think that we can only imagine him to be a simple creature who is likely to have been deceived by some wizard or actor whom he met, and whom he thought all-knowing, because he himself was unable to analyze the nature of knowledge and ignorance and imitation.”
MJO – 2023
Posted in A Short Essay |
Today’s repost was originally published on October 21, 2021. Portions of this post were excerpted from the speed reading lounge website and Google graphics.
It is true, reading requires time, but the benefits of it outweigh all the investments you make in this rewarding activity. As I have previously posted, books fight stress, broaden your outlook, and create better chances for a successful career. In addition, you develop critical and creative thinking and become more empathetic towards the communities around you.
Explore the biographies of any prominent writer, businessman, actor, or leader; you will find out that all of them have been avid readers. And that’s natural: you cannot be everywhere and experience everything, that’s why you need books to arm you with vital knowledge to survive in this highly competitive world.
American writer, poet, and filmmaker Sherman Alexie managed to summarize the vital importance of books in two short sentences.
“If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance.”
“Or better, one’s chances of survival increase with each book one reads.”
The main takeaway is: we should not turn to books only when we have some idle time to fill or want to entertain ourselves.
Why? They encompass an infinite universe where each of us can continuously discover new things, learn ceaselessly and gain valuable experience. Moreover, in the era of technology, with an overwhelming amount of digital and non-digital information, good reading skills are real saviors.
MJO – 2023
Posted in A Short Essay |
Today’s repost was originally published on my blog on September 22, 2011.
I quite often mention when I post a book review that deals with the world of books that,
I am a sucker for any books with the subject of bookstores, bookselling, libraries, publishing, or the world of books.
I thought it might be fun, as well as interesting to share some of the books that I have read over the past several years that deal with the “The World of Books”.
For your review, I have listed 17 books, with a link to their Amazon description. Hopefully, everyone will find at least one book that may be of interest…
MJO – 2023
Posted in A Short Essay |
Dear Readers,
My weekend posts on The Bookman’s Page are limited to just one brief Thoughtful Quote. Featured below is this Sunday’s quote:
” It is the familiar that usually eludes us in life. What is before our noses is what we see last.”
– William Barrett –
♦ Portions of this post were excerpted from goodreads quotes.
Posted in THOUGHTFUL QUOTE |
Dear Readers,
My weekend posts on The Bookman’s Page are limited to just one brief Thoughtful Quote. Featured below is this Saturday’s quote:
” A good life is when you smile often, dream big, laugh a lot, and
realize how blessed you are for what you have.”
— Anonymous —
♦ Portions of this post were adapted from the daily inspirational quotes website.
Posted in THOUGHTFUL QUOTE |
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