The Truly Great Books Are The Few

To Agree Without Understanding Is Inane. To Disagree Without Understanding Is Impudent.

Not To Engage In This Pursuit Of Ideas Is To Live Like Ants Instead Of Like Men.

Sin Is Not Only Manifested In Certain Acts That Are Forbidden By Divine Command. Sin Also Appears In Attitudes And Dispositions And Feelings. Lust And Hate Are Sins As Well As Adultery And Murder. And, In The Traditional Christian View, Despair And Chronic Boredom - Unaccompanied By Any Vicious Act - Are Serious Sins. They Are Expressions Of Man's Separation From God, As The Ultimate Good, Meaning, And End Of Human Existence.

Love Without Conversation Is Impossible.

In The Case Of Good Books, The Point Is Not To See How Many Of Them You Can Get Through, But How Many Can Get Through To You.