James V. Schall Quotes

#1. Best behavior means the same thing as the most uncomfortable behavior.

Lin Yutang

#2. presses, and in our implied agreement with the old scytheman it is of the essence of the contract. I

Bram Stoker

#3. There is an intimate connection between our moral life and our intellectual life. Sometimes I think the history of our times can be described as an argument about whether or not this connection is true.

James V. Schall

#4. A book store is a treasure chest. Every time you walk in one, you strike gold.

Regina Brett

#5. Always be a little kinder than necessary.

J.M. Barrie

#6. A camera is just like a woman, as long as you have one of them hanging around your neck ... life is just fine

Sunny-Drunk

#7. No serious book lover will ever die having read every book he has managed to collect. This is not a sign of dilatoriness but of eagerness, anticipation.

James V. Schall

#8. The cruelest form of death, I have no doubt, is not physical death. Rather it is that public death which comes from the killing of ideas about God.

James V. Schall

#9. I believe mutual respect for one another and cooperation should be the basis for relationships with foreign nations.

Narendra Modi

#10. Readin is my super Power.. ;)

Dan Brown

#11. The great thing was my teammates really set some great screens to get me open. I just went out there and played basketball.

Holly Johnson

#12. In a sense, we can tell a lot about anyone by looking at what books, if any, he reads, at what books are on his shelves ... I have always found books to be helpful, yet they must be good books.

James V. Schall

#13. No one will seek the highest [things] if he believes that there is no truth, that nothing is his fault, and that government will guarantee his wants.

James V. Schall

#14. Self-discipline is the beginning of wisdom, not its end. When we have discovered the purpose for which self-discipline exists, we will, if we are sane, hardly recall anything about self-discipline because it has enabled us to become free to see and do so much else.

James V. Schall

#15. The greatest thing is to have someone who loves you and - and to love in return.

Winston Graham

#16. The usual relationship between an artist and his painting is like the relationship with the father, or a husband's with his wife. But mine is a relationship with a stranger ... with the chance acquaintance.

Ilya Kabakov

#17. Why read? Because we are given more than we are.

James V. Schall

#18. Thinking is itself, however, an adventure.

James V. Schall