Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier

Quote by Kathleen Norris

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Each and every one of us has one obligation, during the bewildered days of our...

Each and every one of us has one obligation, during the bewildered days of our...

None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity...

None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity...

In middle age we are apt to reach the horrifying conclusion that all sorrow, all...

In middle age we are apt to reach the horrifying conclusion that all sorrow, all...

In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable,...

In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable,...

When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you...

When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you...

Hate is all a lie, there is no truth in hate

Hate is all a lie, there is no truth in hate

Over and over again mediocrity is promoted because real worth isn't to be found.

Over and over again mediocrity is promoted because real worth isn't to be found.

Changing husbands is only changing troubles.

Changing husbands is only changing troubles.

One may have been a fool, but there's no foolishness like being bitter.

One may have been a fool, but there's no foolishness like being bitter.

Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into peoples hearts....

Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into peoples hearts....

Ignorance is a virus. Once it starts spreading, it can only be cured by reason....

Ignorance is a virus. Once it starts spreading, it can only be cured by reason....

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with...

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with...

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do...

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do...

Better know nothing than half-know many things

Better know nothing than half-know many things

This delivering of knowledge in distinct and disjointed aphorisms doth leave the wit of man...

This delivering of knowledge in distinct and disjointed aphorisms doth leave the wit of man...

One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before...

One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before...

Education is transformational. It changes lives. That is why people work so hard to become...

Education is transformational. It changes lives. That is why people work so hard to become...

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge

Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge

Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.

Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.