The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men.
Desiderius ErasmusRead
Before you sleep, read something that is exquisite, and worth remembering.
Interpretation
Reading something beautiful before sleep enriches the mind and leaves lasting impressions.
This quote by Desiderius Erasmus emphasizes the value of engaging with high-quality literature or thought-provoking material before bedtime. The act of reading something exquisite not only enhances one's knowledge but also cultivates a sense of beauty and reflection, potentially shaping one's thoughts and dreams as one drifts into sleep.
In practice
In a speech about lifelong learning, one might say, 'As Desiderius Erasmus wisely put it, before you sleep, read something exquisite.'
The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men.
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
You'll see certain Pythagorean whose belief in communism of property goes to such lengths that they pick up anything lying about unguarded, and make off with it without a qualm of conscience as if it had come to them by law.
[N]o party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.
If you look at history you'll find that no state has been so plagued by its rulers as when power has fallen into the hands of some dabbler in philosophy or literary addict.
Fortune favours the audacious.
It is not like studying German, where you mull along, in a groping, uncertain way, for thirty years; and at last, just as you think you've got it, they spring the subjunctive on you, and there you are. No- and I see now plainly enough, that the great pity about the German language is, that you can't fall off it and hurt yourself. There is nothing like that feature to make you attend strictly to business.
I didn't go to school a full year until I was 11 or 12, so I lived in books. I really was an observer of life.
Universities are of course hostile to geniuses, which, seeing and using ways of their own, discredit the routine: as churches and monasteries persecute youthful saints.
So, I was in a segregated, all black, public elementary school until fourth grade, until my father died. And that's when my mother transferred me to a private, predominantly white school and I saw both sides of the world at a very young age.
The best morals kids get from any book is just the capacity to empathize with other people, to care about the characters and their feelings. So you don't have to write a preachy book to do that. You just have to make it a fun book with characters they care about, and they will become better people as a result.
To educate girls is to reduce poverty.
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