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Thanks for this. I've begun a collection of quotes on not reading, to balance out my much larger collection of books. A couple quotes: "Be careful, however, le
by pjmorris 6y ago
Thanks for this. I've begun a collection of quotes on not reading, to balance out my much larger collection of books. A couple quotes:
"Be careful, however, lest this reading of many authors and books of every sort may tend to make you discursive and unsteady. You must linger among a limited number of master-thinkers, and digest their works....Everywhere means nowhere. " - Seneca
"How many hasty, immature, superficial, and misleading judgments are expressed every day, confusing readers, without any verification. The press -- The press can both simulate public opinion and miseducate it. Thus, we may see terrorists described as heroes, or secret matters pertaining to one's nation's defense publicly revealed, or we may witness shameless intrusion on the privacy of well-known people under the slogan: "Everyone is entitled to know everything." But this is a false slogan, characteristic of a false era. People also have the right not to know and it's a much more valuable one. The right not to have their divine souls [stuffed with gossip, nonsense, vain talk.] A person who works and leads a meaningful life does not need this excessive burdening flow of information." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Harvard commencement address
- the-dude 6y agoMy pleasure. The last sentence from the Solzhenitsyn quote seems awfully relevant today.