Friday, 19 March 2021

Book Quotes of the Week


"If a nation reads what is good with a good understanding, it gets a good understanding for a good nation building!" Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

And that goes for any nation. Education is the most important thing in the world.

"A classic is something that tends to relegate the concerns of the moment to the status of background noise, but at the same time this background noise is something we cannot do without."
Italo Calvino 

I'm always surprised when reading a classic how little really has changed.

"Well, the house there is about three times as high as my TBR Pile!" Mayersche Buchhandlung

That would be quite a large house. LOL

"The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence." Rabindranath Tagore

True. The more I know about a subject, the better I can avoid the downsides of it. You can see that now with Covid, those protesting most against the measures are not the smartest people. Sorry.


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8 comments:

  1. Lovely quotes. I especially like the quote about classics. Classics put life in perspective.

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    1. They certainly do. I don't know why some people don't like them. When I ran a book club, I always insisted we read at least one classic a year. I let them choose which one but it had to be over a hundred years old.

      Thanks for your visit and comment.

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  2. Interesting how many different ways there are to look at reading but how true they each are.

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    1. I guess it shows how diverse literature is. It can bring so many different aspects into our lives. We are lucky to be able to read.

      Thanks for visiting. Happy Weekend.

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  3. A house bigger than my TBR pile would be AMAZING! This about how many little book nooks I could have inside said house!

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    1. Wouldn't that be wonderful, Sarah? I always love when I see pictures of houses that have these little nooks and crannies filled with books.

      We can always dream. Have a good weekend and thanks for your visit.

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  4. I used to do a random feature called 'Would You Rather...' and people got to choose between which two book nooks they liked best. I might have to bring that out again! Happy Saturday :)

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    1. That sounds like a good feature. I usually follow any account on all the social media that publish pictures of book shelves. LOL

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