“I am positive I have a soul; nor can all the books with which materialists have pester’d the world ever convince me to the contrary.”— Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768), Maria, MoulinesShare
“As we jogg on, either laugh with me, or at me, or in short do any thing—only keep your temper.”— Laurence SterneShare
“From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little Money that came into my Hands was ever laid out in Books.”— Benjamin FranklinShare
“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”— Miguel de CervantesShare
“Be attentive therefore, according to the instruction of the Gospel, to learn obedience from the lily and the bird.”— Søren KierkegaardShare
“I must study the plain physical facts of the case, ascertain what is possible, and learn what appears to be wise and right.”— Abraham LincolnShare
“I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power, the greater it will be.”— Thomas JeffersonShare
“Life consists in the alternate process of learning and unlearning; but it is often wiser to unlearn than to learn.”— Edward Bulwer-LyttonShare
