Books delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy.
Interpretation
Books provide profound joy and deep connections with readers.
Plutarch suggests that books are not just sources of information, but they engage us on an emotional and intellectual level, fostering a sense of intimacy and companionship. They resonate with us deeply, offering insights and reflections that enhance our understanding of life.
In practice
During a book club meeting, you can quote this to emphasize the emotional connection books create.
Sometimes small incidents, rather than glorious exploits, give us the best evidence of character. So, as portrait painters are more exact in doing the face, where the character is revealed, than the rest of the body, I must be allowed to give my more particular attention to the marks of the souls of men.
It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.
Come back with your shield - or on it
The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds.
For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.
Our senses through ignorance of Reality, falsely tell us that what appears to be, is. FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real
They call it coaching but it is teaching. You do not just tell them...you show them the reasons.
The usual way the people are taught to think in amerika is that each subject is in a little compartment and has no relation to any other subject. For the most part, we receive fragments of unrelated knowledge, and our education follows no logical format or pattern. It is exactly this kind of education that produces people who donβt have the ability to think for themselves and who are easily manipulated.
What is a child? Ignorance. What is a child? Want of instruction.
Studies have shown that performance gets worse as group size increases ... If you have talented and motivated people, they should be encouraged to work alone when creativity or efficiency is the highest priority.
Your example, even more than your words, will be an eloquent lesson to the world.
Language pedants hew to an oral tradition of shibboleths that have no basis in logic or style, that have been defied by great writers for centuries, and that have been disavowed by every thoughtful usage manual.
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