Title Of Solitude
Author Michel de Montaigne
Kind of Book Essay
How strongly I recommend it 8/10
My Impressions Worth reading. Montaigne is the man
Practical Takeaways
Let your contentment only depend on yourself
Don't move or travel to try to solve your problems
Have a wife, children, and material possessions, but don't allow your happiness to depend on any one of them
Save some money for your retirement and old age
If reading books makes you sick and less happy or carefree then give up the books
Don't read "thorny" science books. Only read easy books which entertain and teach you how to live a better life
Hold onto the pleasures of life as you age
People should spend their youth and middle age engaged in society and their twilight years withdrawn in solitude
Big Ideas
If we are in the company of bad people It is likely that we will become bad (the same way we catch a virus)
If you are in the company of bad people you may cure some, but they may also contaminate you with their "sickness" of being bad
Whatever the mind is wrapped up in it becomes all consumed, Therefore, It doesn't matter if you have a lot of obligations or a few, you will still live with the same amount of worry and headache
If you have a problem you will do more harm than good moving/traveling/vacationing
Have a wife, children, and material possessions, but don't allow your happiness to depend on any one of them
People should spend their youth and middle age engaged in society and their twilight years withdrawn in solitude