The Secrets of Life

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Summary: Choice quotes
Review: Author, lecturer Stuart Wilde is one of the real characters of the self-help, human potential movement. His style is humorous, controversial, poignant and transformational. Quotes here reflect his philosophy and are taken from unpublished works, excerpts from radio and TV shows done over the years as well as newpaper articles. They are "choice"!

Rating:
Summary: Choice quotes
Review: Author, lecturer Stuart Wilde is one of the real characters of the self-help, human potential movement. His style is humorous, controversial, poignant and transformational. Quotes here reflect his philosophy and are taken from unpublished works, excerpts from radio and TV shows done over the years as well as newpaper articles. They are "choice"!

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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I read this book a few years ago- unforgetable, funny, inspiring, goofy, real. Just like life', totally enjoyed it.

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Summary: Food for the soul
Review: The whole truth and nothing but the truth, even as cryptic as it is. With this knowledge , more of your inner self will understand the meaning now and later. Perfect for your bathroom and contemplation!! Stuart did it again!

Rating:
Summary: Food for the soul
Review: The whole truth and nothing but the truth, even as cryptic as it is. With this knowledge , more of your inner self will understand the meaning now and later. Perfect for your bathroom and contemplation!! Stuart did it again!

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Summary: Random observations
Review: This book is a compilation of short observations based on the core of Wilde's philosophy. The thoughts and ideas are drawn from his books, articles, unpublished writings, newspaper interviews and excerpts from TV/radio shows.

Wilde believes that life was mean to be enjoyed and his writings are dedicated to the rapid and complete liberation of the individual from negative thoughts and emotions and the daily grind. The main themes revolve around how to remain balanced and detached, how to increase one's perception, act powerfully, concentrate on what is real and believe in oneself.

In the short entries of mostly one page each that are not arranged alphabetically, Wilde holds forth on subjects like dedication, perseverance, opportunity, dimensions, concentration, relationships, time, energy, opposites, sacrifice, confidence, serenity, service, creativity, and, with a refreshing libertarian approach, on stuff like government and politics.

His humorous and engaging style inspires optimism. In isolation, however, not all of these thoughts always make sense: some appear as truisms and some may be wide open to interpretation without a context. But even when one disagrees with him, his ideas often raise a smile. The Secrets Of Life is enhanced by beautiful black and white illustrations by Stephen Smith. It is a handy inspirational guide to his thoughts that I recommend to those who are already fans of Wilde.

His popular books like Affirmations, The Force and The Quickening provide a wider understanding and proper context of the insights that he manages to convey with so much wit and elegance and would be more suitable for those readers wishing to investigate his work for the first time.