Marjorie Scardino famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

As life tends to become more and more distracting, let us firmly hold on to books.
The selection of a book-plate is such a serious matter.
May God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow with the divine fire of holy desire.
A divided heart loses both worlds.
The Holy Spirit is just as truly in us when He makes no sign as when the fountains of joy are overflowing, or the waters of peace are softly refreshing our weary and troubled heart.
With rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipped maiden And many a lightfoot lad.
To truly find God, truth needs to be found independently from the opinions of others. The truth has to be found in our hearts.
Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
Curiosity, which may or may not eventuate in something useful, is probably the most outstanding characteristic of modern thinking ... Institutions of learning should be devoted to the cultivation of curiosity, and the less they are deflected by the consideration of immediacy of application, the more likely they are to contribute not only to human welfare, but to the equally important satisfaction of intellectual interest, which may indeed be said to have become the ruling passion of intellectual life in modern times.
I'm a fake intellectual.

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