#boo

I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent. ↗

— Major Taylor

#best #book #discussing #done #experiences

Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new. ↗

— William Temple

#books #converses #ever #hard #new

....a good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better; you also learn more about life. You become wiser. Not just more knowledgeable - books that provide nothing but information can produce that result. But wiser, in the sense that you are more deeply aware of the great and enduring truths of human life. ↗

— Mortimer J. Adler

#education #knowledge #education

I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence - providing they have the facts, providing they have the information. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#american #american people #books #decency #deep

Minds are like flowers, they only open when the time is right. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#cosmic-ordering #law-of-attraction #mind-body-spirit #mind-power #money

With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was born. I desired to know to know myself in terms of the new standards set by these books. ↗

— Peter Abrahams

#born #consciousness #desired #desires #dreams

Many have changed so much that they have lost the magic of the dream that carried them on their own bootstraps. ↗

— Peter Abrahams

#carried #changed #dream #lost #magic

I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I don't identify with it. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#i #identify #people #read #something

Being from Texas, I would say I favor a pair of jeans you can wear some boots with. ↗

— Jensen Ackles

#boots #favor #i #jeans #pair

The live setting is always better for me. I usually thrive at live. I feel like having a band behind me and being able to interact with the crowd helps boost my energy up. ↗

— Naima Adedapo

#always #band #behind #being #better