Quotes of Allan Bloom

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The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency — the belief that the here and now is all there is.

- Allan Bloom

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“ A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death. ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread: remade all the time, made new. ”

- Og Mandino

“ Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. ”

- John Updike

“ If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse. ”

- Jim Rohn

“ Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us. ”

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“ Denna is a wild thing," I explained. "Like a hind or a summer storm. If a storm blows down your house, or breaks a tree, you don't say the storm was mean. It was cruel. It acted according to its nature and something unfortunately was hurt. The same is true of Denna. ”

- Patrick Rothfuss

“ Love is the beauty of the soul. ”

- Augustine of Hippo

“ Those who ignore the rise of evil and depravity in a democracy, grant tacit license of acceptance and draw harm upon the vulnerable. When someone has altered our course without consent, we must engage to restore our path. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ It takes courage to be honest and to work, while others play, cheat, sponge like parasites or are idle. There is value in the work that you choose to do, and you are an innately valuable person. ”

- Zita Steele

“ Fake it 'till you make it. ”

- Gayle Forman

“ I will love you even when I am dust on the wind. ”

- Nalini Singh

“ We accept some black people, receive some white people, embrace some Asian people, and welcome some mixed people, but God commands us to love all people. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Love all, trust a few. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Sitting too long produces trees. ”

- Lorin MorganRichards

“ A successful marriage requires falling in love many times always with the same person. ”

- Mignon McLaughlin

“ Stay strong, stay positive, and never give up. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Confusion, obsession, and potential love walk handinhand. ”

- Ashli and Trisha Edwards

“ Your environment will eat your goals and plans for breakfast. ”

- Steve Pavlina

“ May I share with you a formula that in my judgment will help you and help me to journey well through mortality... First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love. ”

- Thomas S. Monson

“ I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me. ”

- Taylor Swift

“ Visionary decisionmaking happens at the intersection of intuition and logic. ”

- Gandhi

“ Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Love thy neighbor — and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier. ”

- Mae West

“ When things do not go your way, remember that every challenge — every adversity — contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. ”

- T.S. Eliot