We read many books, because we cannot know enough people.
Those who say they give the public what it wants begin by underestimating public taste and end by debauching it.
Distracted from distraction by distraction
The fool,fixed in his folly,may think He can turn the wheel on which he turns.
The eastern light our spires touch at morning, The light that slants upon our western doors at evening, The twilight over stagnant pools at batflight, Moon light and star light, owl and moth light, Glow-worm glowlight on a grassblade. O Light Invisible, we worship Thee!
People are only influenced in the direction in which they want to go, and influence consists largely in making them conscious of their wishes to proceed in that direction.