Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.

Quote by Ezra Pound

Topics: Books Quotes, Mankind Quotes, Understanding Quotes

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he...

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he...

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he...

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he...

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book...

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book...

Literature is news that stays news.

Literature is news that stays news.

The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than...

The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than...

If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions...

If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions...

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them

Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them

A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end...

A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end...

He (President Abraham Lincoln) has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly...

He (President Abraham Lincoln) has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly...

I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my...

I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my...

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly...

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly...

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself

Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence

Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence

The public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to...

The public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.

I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.

Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world.

Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world.

If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure

If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure