“Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying, or meditating, or endeavoring something for the public good.”
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Thomas à Kempis 41
German canon regular 1380–1471Related quotes
Il ne manque cependant à l'oisiveté du sage qu'un meilleur nom, et que méditer, parler, lire, et être tranquille s'appelât travailler.
Aphorism 12
Les Caractères (1688), Du mérite personnel
"The Noodle Factory", speech given at the dedication of the Shain Library at Connecticut College, New London
Palm Sunday (1981)
Context: And I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found. By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This to me is a miracle.
“Praying is talking to God. Meditating is listening.”
Source: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
“The reading public isn't born that doesn't think foreigners are either funny or faintly sinister.”
"P.J. O'Rourke: Not Funny Enough" (1990).
1990s, For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports (1993)
On what she typically writes about in “Exclusive interview: Petina Gappah speaks about the highs and lows of her writing career, and reveals details of her next book” https://johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2017/09/04/exclusive-interview-petina-gappah-speaks-about-the-highs-and-lows-of-her-writing-career-and-reveals-details-of-her-next-book/ in the Johannesburg Review of Books (2017 Sep 4)
