"There is hope for a man who..." - Quote by C S Lewis
There is hope for a man who has never read Malory or Boswell or Tristam Shandy or Shakespeare's Sonnets: but what can you do with a man who says he "has read" them, meaning he has read them once, and thinks that this settles the matter?
More by C S Lewis
“It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out.”
“A moderately bad man knows he is not very good: a thoroughly bad man thinks he is alright. This is common sense really. You understand sleep when you are awake, not well you are sleeping.”
“This wasn't a garden,' said Susan presently. 'It was a castle.”
More on Reading
“The lover of letters loves power too.”
“I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all.”
“[Among the books he chooses, a statesman] ought to read interesting books on history and government, and books of science and philosophy; and really good books on these subjects are as enthralling as any fiction ever written in prose or verse.”
More on Knowledge
“Learn the words of wisdom uttered by the wise and apply them in your own life. Live them - but do not a make a show of reciting them, for he who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass loaded with books.”
“The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.”
“Everyone holds a piece of the truth.”