“Shelves full of books are all around me. Opening the different volumes I take a look, and find the pages covered with writings in unknown scripts — tadpole traces, bird feet markings, twisted branches. And in my dream I am… — Jonathan D. Spence Copy Share Image
“If you want to really know something you have to observe or experience it in person; if you claim to know something on the basis of hearsay, or on happening to see it in a book, you'll be a laughingstock… — Jonathan D. Spence Copy Share Image
“The written word has its limits and its challenges, for the primal sound in the whole world is that made by the human voice,… — Jonathan D. Spence Copy Share Image
“Shelves full of books are all around me. Opening the different volumes I take a look, and find the pages covered with writings in… — Jonathan D. Spence Copy Share Image
“If you want to really know something you have to observe or experience it in person; if you claim to know something on the… — Jonathan D. Spence Copy Share Image
“Seek joyfulness when you can, for seeking joy leads to an auspicious atmosphere.” — Jonathan D. Spence Copy Share Image
