From Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.”
Tag Archives: reading
Quote of the day 01/13/26
From Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.”
Quote of the day 12/25/25
From Charles Dickens: “Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.”
Quote of the day 11/30/25
From Søren Kierkegaard: “The paradox is the passion of thought.”
Quote of the day 11/29/25
From Søren Kierkegaard: “The moment is the teacher.”
Quote of the day 10/10/25
From René Descartes: “The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.”
Quote of the day 10/08/25
From Voltaire: “The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”
Quote of the day 09/05/25
From Haruki Murakami: “As we go through life we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.”
Quote of the day 02/17/25
From Francis Bacon: “Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.”
Quote of the day 11/22/24
From Gaston Bachelard: “All readers who have a certain passion for reading, nurture and repress, through reading, the desire to become a writer.”