
“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”
“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”
“All great novels, all true novels, are bisexual.”
Ugly Trades, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
"Oh, God! It’s Religion!" (22 August 2011). <!-- http://www.steampunkshariah.info/?p=13261 -->
Captain Jul's Mission Blog (2011 - 2013)
Context: There is, I believe, a great deal to be learned from faith traditions – from the ordinary people who practice them today; from their sacred texts and writings and artefacts; and from their histories. Faith traditions present a rich and diverse vein of human experience, and I am convinced that — as with other humanities — a serious interest in them is a cultural education in itself.
Pierre Fauchery, as quoted by the character "Jules Labarthe"
The Age for Love
“A Little Learning misleadeth, and a great deal often stupifieth the Understanding.”
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Moral Thoughts and Reflections