Books Quote by James V. Schall Download Open image ““Why read? Because we are given more than we are.”” — James V. Schall ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books
“It is strange that there should be so little reading in the world, and so much writing. People in general do not willingly read,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“We are defined not so much by what we're reading, as by what we're reading next.” — Julia Keller Copy Share Image
“Books, I read them for one reason and one reason only so that I can appear more educated than I actually am.” — Ken Scott Copy Share Image
“For a writer it was perhaps most important not to write, but to read. Read as much as you can because in so doing… — Karl Ove Knausgård Copy Share Image
“Because reading is a selfish activity, writing must be unselfish, a gift to the reader.” — Oscar Patton 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… — James V. Schall Copy Share Image
“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
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
