"Read two old books for every new one." — J I Packer

"Read two old books for every new one."

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158 Quotes by J I Packer

J I Packer has 158 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

We approach Scripture with minds already formed by the mass of accepted opinions and viewpoints with which we have come…
One of the many divine qualities of the Bible is that it does not yield its secrets to the irreverent…
The most excellent study of expanding the soul, is the science of Christ, and Him crucified, and the knowledge of…
Jesus' pattern prayer, which is both crutch, road, and walking lesson for the spiritually lame like ourselves, tells us to…
We must learn to measure ourselves, not by our knowledge about God, not by our gifts and responsibilities in the…
Suffering is getting what you do not want while wanting what you do not get.
[N]obody can produce new evidence of your depravity that will make God change his mind. For God justified you with…
Do I as a Christian understand myself? Do I know my own real identity? My own real destiny? I am…
A wise man had said that your Christian life is like a three-legged stool. The legs are doctrine, experience and…
The simple statement, 'God is for us', is in truth one of the richest and weightiest utterances that the Bible…
Meditation is the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various…
Scripture is the most up-to-date and relevant reading that ever comes my way.

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I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
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Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But… — Margaret Atwood

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