What did Charles Kingsley mean by: Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book. - Charles Kingsley Professor · England Copy
+ Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Kingsley, Procrastination, Return, Waiting, 0 - Charles Kingsley Professor · England
+ It’s all in the day’s work, as the huntsman said when the lion ate him. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Kingsley, Lions, 0 - Charles Kingsley Professor · England
+ Possession means to sit astride the world Instead of having it astride of you. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Kingsley, Possession, 0 - Charles Kingsley Professor · England
+ What I want is, not to possess religion, but to have a religion that shall possess me. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Kingsley, 0 - Charles Kingsley Professor · England
+ For science is … like virtue, its own exceeding great reward. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Kingsley, Rewards, Science, Virtue, 0 - Charles Kingsley Professor · England
+ You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Kingsley, Best Friend, Character, 0 - Charles Kingsley Professor · England
+ I do not want merely to possess a faith, I want a faith that possesses me. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Kingsley, Christian, Faith, 0 - Charles Kingsley Professor · England
+ If “ifs” and “ands” were pots and pans, there’d be no work for tinkers’ hands Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Kingsley, Hands, Humorous, 0 - Charles Kingsley Professor · England
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
