When We Ask For Love, We Don't

Reading A Book Should Be A Conversation Between You And The Author. Presumably He Knows More About The Subject Than You Do; If Not, You Probably Should Not Be Bothering With His Book. But Understanding Is A Two-way Operation; The Learner Has To Question Himself And Question The Teacher, Once He Understands What The Teacher Is Saying. Marking A Book Is Literally An Expression Of Your Differences Or Your Agreements With The Author. It Is The Highest Respect You Can Pay Him.

Reading Is A Basic Tool In The Living Of A Good Life.

Too Many Facts Are Often As Much Of An Obstacle To Understanding As Too Few. There Is A Sense In Which We Moderns Are Inundated With Facts To The Detriment Of Understanding.

Imaginative Literature Primarily Pleases Rather Than Teaches. It Is Much Easier To Be Pleased Than Taught, But Much Harder To Know Why One Is Pleased. Beauty Is Harder To Analyze Than Truth.

I Suspect That Most Of The Individuals Who Have Religious Faith Are Content With Blind Faith