Edward P. Morgan quotes

Edward P. Morgan quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it.”
-- Edward P. Morgan

Source : Edward P. Morgan (1963). “Clearing the air”, Washington, D.C.

#Inspirational Quotes #Book Quotes
“A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy.”
-- Edward P. Morgan

#Wisdom Quotes #Fear Quotes #Book Quotes

“The things that make me different are the things that make me.”
“People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.”
“Are you really angry, or simply aware of anger in the body and mind? Don't speculate, simply look at what is there.”

Source : A. H. Almaas (2000). “Diamond Heart: Book Three: Being and the Meaning of Life”, p.25, Shambhala Publications
“If you know somebody is going to be awfully annoyed by something you write, that's obviously very satisfying, and if they howl with rage or cry, that's honey.”
“Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.”
“And malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man.”
“Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children.”
“The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity...”
“My depth of purse is not so great Nor yet my bibliophilic greed, That merely buying doth elate: The books I buy I like to read: Still e'en when dawdling in a mead, Beneath a cloudless summer sky, By bank of Thames, or Tyne, or Tweed, The books I read â€” I like to buy.”
“I always thought the name of Utahâ€™s major newspaper was some sort of weird misspelling of the word â€œdesert.â€ But no, Deseret is the â€œland of the honeybee,â€ according to the Book of Mormon. I guess I should have figured they would have caught a typo in the masthead after 154 years.”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2004). “The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

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