Book Quote by William Butler Yeats

Socrates had no system to teach. Throughout, his philosophy was a spiritual exercise, an invitation to a new way of life, active reflection, and…

— Pierre Hadot

Both Socrates and Jesus were outstanding teachers; both of them urged and practiced great simplicity of life; both were regarded as traitors to the…

— Jaroslav Pelikan

“Our goal is not to finish a book, or merely to talk about a book, but to use our books to grow Christlike character”

— Tony Reinke

Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Jesus and Buddha cannot both be right

— Ravi Zacharias

“Zen holds that the faith must be based not on the dead Scriptures, but on living facts, that one must turn over not the…

— Kaiten Nukariya

There is no other book so various as the Bible, nor one so full of concentrated wisdom.

— Herbert Hoover

Plato worried that philosophical writing would take the place of living conversations for which, in philosophy, there is no substitute.

— Rebecca Goldstein

“Books are supposed to give a helping hand to humanity’s progress, not to instruct humanity how to progress. Plato wrote his books to help…

— Abhijit Naskar

If Socrates died like a philosopher, Jesus Christ died like a God.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

We have no proof that Socrates ever existed. We only know from witnesses to his life that he did. Like Jesus, he never wrote…

— Christopher Hitchens

“One Reads to Experience Life, But one Writes to Live...”

— Kimberly Killion