Category Archives: That Which Broadens the Mind

Lucy Maud Montgomery on the Indefatigability of Dreams

“You may tire of reality but you never tire of dreams.”

~ Lucy Maud Montgomery OBE (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), The Road to Yesterday

Source: GoodReads

Brian W. Aldiss on Science Fiction

“Science fiction is no more written for scientists than ghost stories are written for ghosts.”

~ Brian W. Aldiss

Source: Quoteland: Science Fiction Quotes

Theophile Gautier on Travel

“I was born to travel and write verse.”

~ Theophile Gautier

Source: BrainyQuote

Benjamin Disraeli on the Universality of Knowledge

“It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the social condition of man; that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are in common, and enjoyments which are universal.”

Benjamin Disraeli

Source: “Benjamin Diraeli” The Quotations Page

Albert Einstein on the Importance of Imagination

“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”

Albert Einstein

Source: GoodReads

Mark Twain on the Politics of the Majority

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”

Mark Twain

Source: Goodreads Quotes

Benjamin Disraeli on the Link between Learning and Writing

“The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.”

~ Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881)

Source: Quotations Page

C. S. Lewis on Truth and Comfort

“If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.”

~ C. S. Lewis

Source: Quotations Page

Jane Rule on Writing from the Heart

“Writing is far too hard work to say what someone else wants me to. Serving it as a craft, using it as a way of growing in my own understanding, seems to me to be a beautiful way to live. And if that product is shareable with other people, so much the better.”

~ Jane Rule

Source: BrainyQuotes