"A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive."

-- Erica Jong

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #Profound Quotes

“No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god. [Lat., Fortis vero, dolorem summum malum judicans; aut temperans, voluptatem summum bonum statuens, esse certe nullo modo potest.]”
“To lead means to direct and to exact, and no man dares do either - he might be unpopular. What authority we are given now is a trinity: the grin, the generality, and God (the Word).”
“I am an optimist because I don't see the point in being anything else.”
“Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble.”

Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (p. 430), 1922.
“Money is simply a tool to give you choices.”

Source : Hill Harper (2006). “Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny”, p.74, Penguin
“If in this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true; this I have learnt after suffering all my life; all else is mere moonshine.”
“From SpongeBob to Finding Nemo ... I'm still trying to decide which one I like more.”
“As a singer you're a great dancer.”

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