"Maxims and aphorisms, let us remember that wisdom is the true salt of literature, and the books that are most nourishing are richly stored with it, and that is the main object to seek in reading books."

-- John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn

#Reading Quotes #Book Quotes #Literature Quotes

“The only thing is worrying about sleeping. If I have to be up early I worry about being able to get to sleep.”
“When [we]were first married, [Wade] begged me to be practical...thank God I lived by my credo: 'Veni, vidi, visa - I came, I saw, I charged it.”
“This is real, this is your life in a song...this is country music.”

Source : "Country stars croon at the White House" by Karin Tanabe, www.politico.com. November 21, 2011.
“So it's really a process of actually having a realization of God, which all becomes clear with the expanded state of consciousness that develops when you chant.”
“To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.”

Source : Erich Fromm (2013). “The Art of Loving”, p.61, Open Road Media
“Whenever I've encountered a Christian saying, 'Why don't you stop talking like that so I can hear you?' I think, 'Well you're the one putting the earmuffs on, but I wish you could hear me because I like you.'”
“This submission to the threshold of a cross is at the very root of our following Jesus; it changes the game completely.”
“After you run, there's a sense of accomplishment; you feel like your life is meaningful. It's a moment of clarity.”

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