Richard Vernon: You think about this: when you get old, these kids - when *I* get old - they're going to be running the country. Carl: Yeah. Richard Vernon: Now this is the thought that wakes me up in the middle of the night. That when I get older, t...
Schism in the soul, schism in the body social, will not be resolved by any scheme to return to the good old days (archaism), or by programs guaranteed to render an ideal projected future (futurism), or even by the most realistic, hardheaded work to w...
Everyday, in our quest to grab the new, the trendy, the coolest stuff, we forget to use the old and our daily lives become stuck in the vicious cycle, chasing after stuff without working the old. Today, pause, slow down, take time, revisit those less...
...how time packs new years over the old ones but how those old years are still in there, like the earliest, tightest rings centering a tree, the most hidden, enclosed in darkness and shielded from weather. But then a saw screams in and the tree topp...
Heaven on earth is to be found on horseback, reading books and between a woman's breasts.
Unplowed fields make hollow bellies; unread books make hollow minds.
A book is a good friend when it lays bare the errors of the past.
A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book.
Only through suffering and sorrow do we acquire the wisdom not found in books.
A wise man without a book is like a workman with no tools.
Me dad planted that tree,’ she said absently, pointing out through the old cracked window. The great beech filled at least half the sky and shook shadows all over the house. Its roots clutched the slope like a giant hand, holding the hill in place....
Marty McFly: [referring to Alternate 1985 Biff] How could he be your husband? How could you leave dad for him? Old Lorraine: Leave dad? Marty, are you feeling all right? Marty McFly: [shouting] No! No I'm not feeling all right! I don't understand one...
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
I quite like being old.
Mathematics is as old as Man.
At home I drive an old Land Rover.
I am shocked to find that some people think a 2 star 'I liked it' rating is a bad rating. What? I liked it. I LIKED it! That means I read the whole thing, to the last page, in spite of my life raining comets on me. It's a good book that survives the ...
Books are always obviously having conversations with other books, and some times they're amiable and sometimes not.
If you only go around once in life, then why has that one gone around more than once?
The greatest sense of love, which is available for us at all times, is God’s love.
I chase the wind and get lost in the clouds. I'm sweep into darkness in my search for the light.
