The way a book is read which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it.

The way a book is read- which is to say,
the qualities a reader brings to a book- can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it.

The way a book is read - which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book - can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts in it. Anyone who can read, can learn to read deeply and thus live more fully.

The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.

Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.

The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.