I often think . . . that the bookstores that will save civilization are not online, nor on campuses, nor named Borders, Barnes & Noble, Dalton, or Crown. They are the used bookstores, in which, for a couple of hundred… — James V. Schall Copy Share Image
The cruelest form of death, I have no doubt, is not physical death. Rather it is that public death which comes from the killing… — James V. Schall Copy Share Image
“There is an intimate connection between our moral life and our intellectual life. Sometimes I think the history of our times can be described… — James V. Schall Copy Share Image
“At first sight, it seems that something, almost anything, must be done about our situation. But it is the genius of Pieper to see that this activist, busy motion is the wrong starting point. Before we can pretend to do anything about the present, we must know what we are, what the world is, and yes, what God is. Construction… — James V. Schall Copy Share
“No serious book lover will ever die having read every book he has managed to collect. This is not a sign of dilatoriness but… — James V. Schall Copy Share Image
“Self-discipline is the beginning of wisdom, not its end. When we have discovered the purpose for which self-discipline exists, we will, if we are… — James V. Schall Copy Share Image
“Hell is a consequence of one’s own free choice. It would not exist if free choice did not exist or, better, if free choice… — James V. Schall Copy Share Image
I often think . . . that the bookstores that will save civilization are not online, nor on campuses, nor named Borders, Barnes &… — James V. Schall Copy Share Image
“In a sense, we can tell a lot about anyone by looking at what books, if any, he reads, at what books are on… — James V. Schall Copy Share Image
“No one will seek the highest [things] if he believes that there is no truth, that nothing is his fault, and that government will… — James V. Schall Copy Share Image
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