Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their own notions well, or which suggest to them ideas which their minds are already predisposed to accept

Quote by Carl Becker

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The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by...

The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Man is but a foundling in the cosmos, abandoned by the forces that created him

Man is but a foundling in the cosmos, abandoned by the forces that created him

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.

My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.

Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens...

Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens...

The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged...

The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged...

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time

Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious...

Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious...

The world's a book, writ by the eternal art - Of the great author printed...

The world's a book, writ by the eternal art - Of the great author printed...

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

My books kept me from the ring, the dog-pit, the tavern, and the saloon.

My books kept me from the ring, the dog-pit, the tavern, and the saloon.

Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful...

Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful...

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the...

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the...

All books are either dreams or swords,You can cut, or you can drug, with words.

All books are either dreams or swords,You can cut, or you can drug, with words.

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him,...

A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him,...

To read too many books is harmful.

To read too many books is harmful.

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is...

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is...