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"Perfect is the enemy of good" -Voltaire

The palest ink is better than the best memory. -Chinese proverb. That Oxford UP book on how Victorians and Romantics organized information looks intriguing.

"Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting out of range before it is understood." - Found typewritten on a scrap of paper in a rolltop desk in an antique store.

"In the end, everything will be ok. If it's not ok, it's not the end." - Fernando Sabino

“this is one of my favorite videos bro, thanks” -Einstein

I honestly love the somewhat sloppy and chaotic handwriting. In a world of picture perfect notebooks, yours seem the most authentic to me. (This is likely due to my jealousy about not having the most aesthetic notebooks)

Bro, I stumbled on your channel in the most random way, and i'm not gonna lie, I didn't know what to think at first. Why would I ever watch a youtube channel on philosophy and documenting things that I find in my day today life? Thats not me...or at least it wasn't to this point. Not only have you given me perspective into the benefits of this practice, but you've also made it so non-threatening and very "common man". Thank you for putting together a channel that is not pretentious or full of ego. I truly feel like you are just trying to share ways to make people better. I can't stop watching now. God bless.

When I started my first sales job and was nervous to call people, my boss said to me: „You already have a No, but you can get a Yes.“. That saying stuck and I think about it almost every day.

Hey man, I love your channel. Because of you, I now have a devotional notebook, a reading notebook, a commonplace notebook and a prayer notebook. Keep up the videos man I love all of your content.

"I'ts worth remembering that it is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change." This quote from Queen Elizabeth II helped me finish my masters degree!!

I wanted to just scroll past the thumbnail, but that mustache is…magnificent.

I been doing this for about a year now and i loved the journey. it increases your wisdom , manages your time, changes the way you see the world in a positive way, increases your productivity and everything. my pocket notebook is full now so i have to buy a new one now.

As for me, every time I encounter the justification of evil in the world (including my own by myself), I remember the phrase by Russian playwright Evgeny Schwartz, *_'We all studied at the school of evil, but who forced you to be the first student?'._* This phrase means that we are all to some extent familiar with the concept of evil and its manifestations, but nobody forced us to be the first students in this 'school of evil.' It serves as a reminder that each individual has the autonomy to determine how they will utilize their knowledge and experience. Ultimately, it is only the individual who bears the personal responsibility for their choices. By the way, you are an incredibly inspiring individual, Parker. You have ignited in me the idea of creating commonplace books for each branch of knowledge (formal, natural, social sciences, and philosophy). May I inquire about your note-taking process? Do your notes possess their own independent ontological essence and are stored separately, or are they merely temporary drafts awaiting their turn to be included in the commonplace book?

"That is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play." - Alan Watts

“Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.” -Miyamoto Musashi, Book of Five Rings

The word commonplace was used 54 times approx if anyone was curious.

"When someone tells you a piece of their life, they're giving you a gift, not granting you your due". -Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, Ch. 47 Seems rather fitting with the culture of how the audience of some content creators tend to "expect" things from them as they progress and get bigger. What you're doing @ParkNotes is superbly appreciated! Love the content! Look forward to future releases! But only do it while you want to, not cause anyone expects it!

Your channel is such a treasure! I found it yesterday and binged all of it. I've been wanting to gather my thoughts and ideas, things I learn, quotes I find etc. in some kind of way. But I could never really picture exactly how in practice, without it being too disorganized and confusing. You have given me so many ideas of how to go about it!

You might look into Charlotte Mason. She is known most by homeschool moms, but her entire philosophy of education hinges on three notebooks that a student keeps over the years, a commonplace, a nature journal, and what’s called a book of centuries. The book called The Living Page by Laurie bestvater is all about these journals and how they work together for both students and adults. Might be interesting to you ♥️

Would love an explainer video on compendiums vs commonplace books. Really enjoy the history lessons you’ve provided.

"If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable." Séneca. This one introduced me to Stoicism and to a journey of self improvement when I needed it the most and it's been a wild ride

“Don’t let your mouth write a check that your behind can’t cash.” -Mama❤

Of all the videos I’ve seen explaining commonplace books, your’s was the most clear and easy to understand of all

Thank you. I love that your systems are a little more relaxed than others

A man of understanding remains silent. Empowered!

I actually made mine usind 90# paper and a pig leather cover using the long stitch binding method. I decided to write scriptures in mine that impress me, but I'm really impressed with your collection of proverb sources. Edit: And the very last moments of this video was pure fire. No talk, just calmly closing the book and setting it down. It was the perfect punctuation after reading those quotes.

"primum vivere, deinde philosophari", I don't know who said the actual quote but it was what my tutor told me when I couldn't continue with my studies after my father died, and I hold it close to my heart since then

Just spent some Christmas money on a smaller notebook (slim B6-sized MD Paper one) to do this. But because I want to be able to make it searchable, I put a John Locke style index in the back.

I know it's probably not a huge deal, but just saw another channel that stole your videos and made them into shorts. There's no credit given to you, which can be irritating because as a new subscriber, I can already tell how passionate you are about your videos and how it took a long time and a lot of effort to make these perfect. I mentioned your channel and gave credit in their comments just incase someone else happens upon their shorts. Really enjoying these commonplace book videos!

I’m so thankful I found your channel! I can’t wait to see what videos you will create for all of us deep thinkers.

Videos about commonplace books are my favorite! I've written in various notebooks for almost 2 decades and never had a name for it. Everything from song lyrics, quotes, stories, poems, and various information are just a few things I write down. Lately, I have using a separate notebook for my book notes just a give it a little more order. Everything is usually all over the place and not very easy to find. Poetry on one page, art notes on the next.

«Не давши слово, крепись, а давши - держись» "If you have not given your word, be strong, but if you have given it, hold fast." Its meaning is that if a person has made a promise to someone, he should keep it, and if a person knows that he cannot fulfill the promise, it is better not to make it. This is important because Responsibility is the most important thing in life for a man.

one of my favorite quotes, all time, ever, by Miyamoto Musashi: "There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get betterm stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything Exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself." The quote that saved my soul and my mind.

The classical school I teach at introduced me to Commonplace Books. In my humanities class we do a Harkness Discussion on whatever book we're reading and central to the discussion are the quotes the students write in their Commonplace Book.

"We accept the love we think we deserve" - The Perks of Being A Wallflower

That CS Lewis quote is about to live in my head rent free 🙆🏻‍♀️🐕😅

I hope you as a philosopher will take this criticism in a light spirit: a lot of the time when we quote things, especially out of context, what we are really doing is trying to prove by reference to authority our own beliefs and to make them seem nobler and truer without really testing them. Sometimes in actual contradiction with the authority we quote. When I was a kid I used to keep a txt file of all the funny things I'd heard, just as a pick me up. I liked Monty Python and Douglas Adams so they showed up a lot there. As an adult I have found I do not like transcribing things at all, but I will still write about something interesting I learned earlier in the day mostly as a means of improving my memory of that thing by free recall and transformation. I could and usually do just do that in my mind, but I will sometimes falsely fall for this trap of hoarding references I inevitably don't ever refer to. For me I think keeping a book of my own poetry is more enjoyable, because that I do find myself coming back to and being surprised at the memories it conjures. Somehow for me that doesn't quite feel like transcribing or hoarding, because it takes quite a bit of mental effort and time to compose, so it's worth recording even if it's just for me.

I started to keep one of these, mainly because I get randomly stopped from people out in the world. They usually vent to me out of nowhere and usually tell me some things followed by a story behind it.

You are an excellent source of powerful common sense practices. Thanks

I never really do this, but…I subscribed and turned on notifications for your channel. Really enjoying your content!

I have two sayings that I draw strength from, every time my life circumstances becomes challenging: 1. "I believe I can, therefore I can" - Albert Bandura 2. "Your current state does not determine your ultimate potential" - Author Unkown- I found this on a page of planner / diary way back in 2005, when I was just starting to work. I don't know who the author is, unfortunately.

Man! I am inspired to seek wisdom and incline My heart to understanding in This way! I'm going to start a book as a chest to store all these hidden gems!

I gravitate towards the idea of a Russian roulette way of organizing the wise sayings / thoughts No table of contents or indexing sounds practical and also wise Thanks for offering that tip!

I love this idea. I have a Google document with quotes and I also scribble them down randomly in various notebooks and notes apps, but collecting them all in one notebook is a great idea, especially as handwriting things out is supposed to help it stick. This is something I need to try. Love that you find wisdom wherever and whenever - not being pretentious about who said it, if it helpful, is wise in itself! Also, not having neat notebooks, but really getting use out of them is really giving me permission to stop worrying about perfection and aesthetics. Thanks!

You can indeed find wisdom anywhere. I have two from a kid's show. Good times become good memories, but bad times make good lessons. Failure is only an opportunity to start again. Uncle Iroh, Avatar the Last Airbender

One of my all-time favourites: chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered (Jose Saramago)

wisdom is gold; so it deserves a golden notebook.👌 I like your thoughts on the subject, and I wish you the best with your golden request,,, one more thing all comments are lovely I can't stop reading them, so Thank you all

"Rather let me die a youth, living life to the full, fighting ever, suffering ever,' he said, 'than live at ease like a beast that feeds on flowery pastures and knows no fiery gladness, no heart-bleeding pain." -Perseus, Greek Mythology

I am new to your channel but I am an absolute fan!! Great vids, well presented, well filmed. Love and Light from Amsterdam Holland ✨💞

Thank you for sharing. Memo to self: You're awesome!

"Let us examine the question together, my friend, and if you can contradict anything I say, do so and i will be persuaded." - Socrates Do not argue for the sake of being right, argue to learn from others. Change your beliefs if needed and admit when youre wrong.

Dig the videos man. Really like the information delivery.

Simply fantastic recommendations - you are a master!

Man this channel is so inspiring, you just earned a sub man ❤

I’ve watched a few of your videos and I just wanna say I love your content! Subscribing now 🙏

i need a full video of you just saying wise quotes

You most certainly fallen down the “notebook rabbit hole!” Now you need to discover the “fountain pen rabbit hole!”

I would LOVE a vid on wisdom / philosophy from The Clone Wars. My commonplace book is an Apica premium A6ish with a cover from Etsy.

I’m glad I found your channel

fyi, sententiarum is the genitive plural [of (the) thoughts/sentences], sententiae is the nominative plural [(the) thoughts/sentences]. since you know some greek, this may be meaningful and useful. the question is: the *what* of the sentences? a compendium sententiarum? a thesaurus (treasure) of thought? 😀

I like the captions.

This is an awesome channel and I love your ideas. And awesome mustache btw.

Now, THIS is gold, like your Commonplace book. Thank you a thousand times over for this! Im going to go back (with a notebook) and write much of this down. My favourite quote: Fear is the Mindkiller. You probably know it’s from Dune. THANK YOU, I deeply appreciate this!

Hey I would love to see a soliloquies video. I've been looking for a good way to process my thoughts and that seems like a great way

In the labyrinth of existence, where every step is a move in the cosmic game, wisdom illuminates the path to triumph, as audacity whispers secrets of conquest in the ear of the persistent.- Myself.

I think it would be translated this way into English "I would rather die standing than live on my knees"- Emiliano Zapata Salazar

This is an awesome channel, Thank you for sharing. I love the captions and even the highlighting. It works for me…. I just subscribed.

May the bridges i burn, light my way

Famous saying "Neil Peart (RUSH) : "I never have been bored, I have always found another way NOT to be. Read, and Write and take a vested interest in your own wellbeing & progression. Learn to adapt to your own personality & the changing time scapes. Be determined & strive to self education knowledge & make you a priority to make your own way. And be relentless in your own self discovery & explorations, try new things. Interesting and informative. I have one main note book I use Clairefontaine I generally use as a goto (I have others as well) but I carry only the one main note book with me, then use tabs I stick on to seperate the sections, I write with a standard BIC 4 colour pen and a highlighter, I sue post it notes some times when brainstorming, a note book will last a month before I fill it. Most of the material is Counselling and Life coaching reference material for work or for workshops. I have an Ipad, but I use it to Archive my material if I need to. (Normally later on)

I enjoyed this video and all of the other work you’ve done. Thanks for your efforts. I appreciate it.

Parker, I really enjoy watching your video about taking a commonplace book. And today I was surprised to see 'how Victorians and Romantics organized information.' Actually, I bought this one a few days ago and am reading now. So, please share a video related to that. Thanks all the time for sharing your approach to seizing quotations, wisdom, and thoughts. :)

I’m the best yet and my best is yet to come. I got that from a lil wayne rap song. As someone shy and timid having a tiny bit of the rap star attitude helps a little.

Always salt your pasta before boiling it

Loved this video thanks for sharing

"Nothing is more real than nothing. Words are all we have." - Samuel Beckett

"If you're not making waves, you're not underway." -- Chester Nimitz

Love this. Thanks.

I like your videos a lot. Personally i find these TikTok style subtitles distracting and detracting from the pleasant, calm feel of videos like this. Of course, if it attracts more views I understand. But for my part I much prefer without.

I've always been fascinated by how literary detectives such as Poirot or Holmes kept their information sorted. Ms. Lemon's organizational system, for example, where all of Poirot's cases were identified and catalogued for future use. When you consider the academic usefulness of a person of interest's private papers, it's a pity to think about what insight we're going to lose as people who embraced the digital age (especially those in walled gardens such as Apple) start dying.

"Given the right lever, you can move a planet". This is based (if not taken) from Archimedes' "Δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσω ". "Give me a place to stand and I can even move Earth", implying the use of lever.

👍🏽🇬🇧 September 2023 Loving this sir! It's actually this very subject that brought your channel to my attention. I'm really glad to see that you're deep-diving into this area. I love the thought that to keep a commonplace book is to partake in something that belongs in entirely ancient epochs.

“Individually, we are but one drop. Together, we are an ocean” - Ryunosuke Satoro I wish the world would come to adapt to this wonderful quote. I believe this comment section is currently practicing this ideology. I hope you all find enlightenment in whatever it is you’re pursuing.

My favorite proverb: The crow is clever, but he looks at what he eats. ~Afghan proverb

Great video! Thanks for creating it! Maybe in the future you can show us how you physically store all your books and how you store all your commonplace books (a personal library tour)

"Always conceal your intentions. If you keep people off-balance and in the dark, they can't counter your efforts. Send them down the wrong path with a red herring or create a smokescreen and by the time they realize what you're up to, it will be too late for them to interfere." - Robert Greene

He didn't make every one and everything same and equal , because he wants to see different journey with same destiny ~ Prince K Namdev ❤

Love this.

Love that sticker of your "most excellent" Theophilus.

People attempt to be called good by other, that is the problem, we should try to be good. Bhaktiyograsavtaar Jagadguru Shri Kripaluji Maharaj

Theophilus? Most excellent.

So I guess i stumbled into this my self. I have a book full of quotes. I call it my “Quote Journal”. I put all my favorite quotes and sayings in it. From movies to books. I my self am full of quotes (helps my express ideas) so my journal is full of them. It is in a bigger moleskin which now seeing this I wish I started it off smaller. But I keep it still. Need to put more quotes in it.

"You're not going to catch a cold by standing in the breeze."

Could you tell about your note-taking systeme, sir, is it intergrated with commonplace books you have?

Everything will pass good and bad, so enjoy good moments in life and dont stress to mucj about bad ones

I saw one of your ideas was "jesus is the best phylosopher", and I'm looking forward to watching that video hehehe 🤭

Actually I found your captions very helpful….

Love your channel.❤

Why are certain quotations in your gold commonplace book x-ed out? Are they sayings you no longer consider wise? (I don’t ask that facetiously!)

I hope there is a note in those notebooks around contrast refinement and color editing of video because I had to enable a video image control extension to tune this video and actually enjoy it