Terence Koh

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Terence Koh recommended Four Quartets in Books (curated)

 
Four Quartets
Four Quartets
T.S. Eliot | 1959
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"“Time present and time past/ Are both perhaps present in time future/ And time future contained in time past./ If all time is eternally present/ All time is unredeemable.” I have not read the rest of this little book beyond these first two sentences. The ever-living now: live it fully and awake."

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Terence Koh recommended The Snow Leopard in Books (curated)

 
The Snow Leopard
The Snow Leopard
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"A book about mountains, loss, death, life, living Zen and everything else in between. Living on a mountain myself, Peter reminds me that the mountains and stones are alive. Friends that I speak to daily. Peter Matthiessen, together with Gary Snyder, Arne Naess and John Cage are my teachers on how to grow older. With vigor, elegance and spark."

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We Were An Island: The Maine Life of Art and Nan Kellam
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"A story about a couple that bought a remote island in Maine to live on for the rest of their lives. A dream of mine, too: to live on an island, physically and spiritually."

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Silence: Lectures and Writing
Silence: Lectures and Writing
John Cage | 1994 | Biography, History & Politics, Music & Dance
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"John Cage sings to me in that calm gentle voice of his every day. Just sitting here while writing this — crick crack of logs burning in woodstove, almost silent sound of a distant wind — I am reminded that the universe is a constantly changing song. The most beautiful music in existence is when we let our minds be silent."

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Terence Koh recommended The Krishnamurti Reader in Books (curated)

 
The Krishnamurti Reader
The Krishnamurti Reader
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"A guide on living. Krishnamurti asks us to question everything, find out the answers ourselves. It’s something that strikes my mind every time I read the news and all the problems we have today. Start with mutating our own mind and then society’s will follow."

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Terence Koh recommended Walden in Books (curated)

 
Walden
Walden
Henry Thoreau | 2016 | Biography
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"I glued all the pages of “Walden” shut and it’s the only book that sits by my bed. For me, it’s the idea of this book as a single physical object that matters. A book unopened can be a bed lamp."

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Terence Koh recommended The Good Life in Books (curated)

 
The Good Life
The Good Life
Jay McInerney | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
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"This was the book that inspired me to move from the city and live on a mountain in the middle of nowhere and everywhere. In 1932, they too moved from New York City to start living off the land deep in the green mountains of Vermont. Living off the land and in the seasons gives one a sense of honest purpose. Art, farming, poetry, architecture, carpentry, accounting, cooking have no boundaries with each other."

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Terence Koh recommended The World as I See It in Books (curated)

 
The World as I See It
The World as I See It
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"On the second page, Einstein outlines the principles that guide his life: “The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been truth, goodness, and beauty.” Three simple words, yet full of mystery and light."

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