I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible commentaries and the….
There's a lovely Hasidic story of a rabbi who always told his people that if they studied the Torah, it would put Scripture on their hearts. One of t….
Geisha because when I was living in Japan, I met a fellow whose mother was a geisha, and I thought that was kind of fascinating and ended up reading ….
PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method . . . of obtaining money by false pretences [by] "reading character" in the wrinkles [of] the hand. The pretence is no….
I read Nietzsche when I was a teenager and then I went back to reading him when I was in my thirties, and his voice spoke directly to me. Nietzsche i….
I try to make time for reading each night. In addition to the usual newspapers and magazines, I make it a priority to read at least one newsweekly fr….
That's one of the many things about having the bookstore that I adore. I can walk into the store and say to somebody, "I'm glad you're reading this b….
Test scores aren't perfect, but having a test score for math or reading or other things that we can objectively measure is a meaningful component tha….
I kid the Republicans, with love. I feel bad for them. They got nobody for next time. Who are they gonna run? Sarah Palin, reading off her hand. Did ….
Remember, young man, experience is not the best teacher. Other people's experience is the best teacher. By reading about the lives of great people, y….
Reading is a mighty engine, beside which steam and electricity sink into insignificance..
Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read..
... teaching cannot be a process of transference of knowledge from the one teaching to the learner. This is the mechanical transference from which re….
No person who can read is ever successful at cleaning out an attic..
I am never lonely when I am reading the Bible. Nothing dissolves loneliness like a session with God's Word..
You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem with modernink from a bottle. You do not have to think. You simply ….
Words are very powerful and can lead anyone reading them or hearing them, into contemplation and insight. How the mind follows suit is rarely palpabl….
I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage..
Master those books you have. Read them thoroughly. Bathe in them until they saturate you. Read and reread them…digest them. Let them go into your ver….
Reading poetry and reading the great works of the canon that we were reading in the '60s and the '70s and '80s was mind altering..
Read and Re-Read--"Re-reading, we always find a new book..