"The principal object of your reading should be for the acquisition of useful knowledge , and the strengthening, refining, and ennobling of your character."

-- Grenville Kleiser

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #Character Quotes

“Ultimately it is the yearning to believe that anyone can be brought up to college level that has brought colleges down to everyone's level.”

Source : William A. Henry, III (2015). “In Defense of Elitism”, p.188, Anchor
“I think he just gets like this sometimes. Like he needs to pull away. I think of it like winter. During winter, it isn't that the sun is gone (or cheating on you with another planet). You can still see it in the sky. It's just farther away.”
“It's better to get the nutrients for healthy skin from food, not supplements. Salmon, walnuts, blueberries, spinach... lots of my favorite foods happen to be amazing for skin too.”
“I've never looked ahead very much in my life. I've never had any grand plan from the outset. I had no burning ambition to do what I do”
“Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic. Do not defend God's word, but testify to it. Trust to the Word. It is a ship loaded to the very limits of its capacity. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer”

Source : Eric Metaxas (2011). “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy”, p.184, Thomas Nelson
“The good thing about being an artist, is it's a legitimate way of looking at things cross-eyed.”
“I need to be very hungry all the time. I need to be very hungry to write.”
“Every word written is a victory against death.”

Source : "Rapamythi", www.imdb.com. 2010.

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