Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul.

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Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking.

Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking.

All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy.

All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy.

Americans cannot realize how many chances for mental improvement they lose by their inveterate habit...

Americans cannot realize how many chances for mental improvement they lose by their inveterate habit...

Ideas are the root of creation.

Ideas are the root of creation.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciousness varying with readers.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciousness varying with readers.

Ideas are the root of creation.

Ideas are the root of creation.

Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the...

Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the...

Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate chastisement

Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate chastisement

Reading, to most people, means an ashamed way of killing time disguised under a dignified...

Reading, to most people, means an ashamed way of killing time disguised under a dignified...

The less we know the more we suspect

The less we know the more we suspect

Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of...

Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of...

Real luxury is time and opportunity to read for pleasure

Real luxury is time and opportunity to read for pleasure

The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back...

The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back...

Daydreaming while you're reading, then having to re-read what you just read.

Daydreaming while you're reading, then having to re-read what you just read.

If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny...

If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny...

The American reading his Sunday paper in a state of lazy collapse is perhaps the...

The American reading his Sunday paper in a state of lazy collapse is perhaps the...

The careful reader of the New Testament will find three Christs described: - One who...

The careful reader of the New Testament will find three Christs described: - One who...

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its...

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its...

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.