“The memories which peaceful country scenes call up, are not of this world, nor of its thoughts and hopes. Their gentle influence may teach us how to weave fresh garlands for the graves of those we loved: may purify our thoughts, and bear down before it old enmity and hatred; but beneath all this, there lingers, in the least reflective mind, a vague and half-formed consciousness of having held such feelings long before, in some remote and distant time, which calls up solemn thoughts of distant times to come, and bends down pride and worldliness beneath it.” WorldMindMayLongCountryFeelingsNatureMemoriesHalfConsciousnessTeachInfluenceThis WorldPrideBearsSceneHatredGravesPeacefulGentleOur ThoughtsVagueSolemnEnmityGarlandsWorldlinessPeaceful Country Book:Oliver Twist Source: Oliver Twist
“As for what I have done as a poet, I take no pride in whatever. Excellent poets have lived at the same time with me, poets more excellent lived before me, and others will come after me. But that in my country I am the only person who knows the truth in the difficult science of colors-of that, I say, I am not a little proud, and here have a consciousness of superiority to many.” KnowsLittlesPersonsCountryDoneDifficultConsciousnessColorPoetPrideProudExcellentSuperiority Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“How is it that, a full two centuries after Jane Austen finished her manuscript, we come to the world of Pride and Prejudice and find ourselves transcending customs, strictures, time, mores, to arrive at a place that educates, amuses, and enthralls us? It is a miracle. We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming, our own consciousness in someone else's mind.” WorldMindTwoDreamReadingConsciousnessCenturyPrideBedMiraclePrejudiceFinishedCustomsEducateJaneHalfwayManuscriptsAustenTranscending Book:How Reading Changed My Life Source: How Reading Changed My Life