Famous quotes containing the words herbert and/or read:
“life is straight,
Straight as a line, and ever tends to Thee,”
—George Herbert (1593–1633)
“To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training such as the athletes underwent, the steady intention almost of the whole life to this object.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)