books

"Literature is the opposite of a nuclear bomb."

"This sophisticated verbiage cannot conceal that the book's approach is merely the standard secularist version propagated by Indian establishment historians since decades. There is nothing new and prov…"

"One of our universities recently made a survey of the reading habits of the American public; it decided that forty-eight percent of all Americans read, during a year, no book at all. I picture to myse…"

"No book is fairly judged till it is read twice, and at distant periods. It is curious to note the variation of taste in ourselves. I can remember I devoured the story keenly, dwelt on all that partook…"

"In living literature no person is a competent judge but of works written in his own language. I have expressed my opinion concerning a number of English writers; it is very possible that I may be mist…"

"I was so conflicted and disillusioned about organized religion that I couldn't write. … I think my writings will go on being the writings of a believer in Christ. I think I'll be less frustrated and f…"

"Reading someone else's newspaper is like sleeping with someone else's wife. Nothing seems to be precisely in the right place, and when you find what you are looking for, it is not clear then how to re…"

"We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement."

"Podcast Interview on Bibliophile Stalker"

"As we can see, Witzel is not writing a review article of my book: he is writing a “review article” of an imaginary book – a book he imagines would be written by an OIT proponent on the basis of princi…"

"Jerome never liked me -- preferred my sister who was a little fool excited by modern literature -- all swear-words and scatology -- before it became fashionable."

"You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you, and allowing that goodness to emerge."

"The book is the only medium left that hasn’t been corrupted by the profane."

"I don’t care for success. The ideas sitting in my head are annoyed by, and envious of, that which I’ve already written."

"Our job is to get customers in a position where they’re the most efficient and effective they can be."

"Maimonides Page: links to online texts and resources"

"A book is never finished; it's abandoned."

"I seek occasional relief in old books. They help me tell the transient from the enduring."

"Countless generations of students and general readers have been intrigued by this deeply human book, which half reveals and half conceals the fascinating yet enigmatic personality of its author."

"Complexity must be grown from simple systems that already work."