Quotes by : Alan Jacobs

When we talk today about receptiveness to stories, we tend to contrast that attitude to one governed....

Christian writers, whether they like it or not, do not simply write for themselves; for good or ill,....

Great books are great in part because of what they ask of their readers: they are not readily encountered,....

I would not be practicing love toward God OR my neighbour if I were to smile benignly on an unjust social....

Peter Brown, that great historian of early Christianity, has given the most cogent explanation for the....

…the blogosphere is the friend of information but the enemy of thought.

The Virtue and unpretentiousness of the wise man, which I am talking about, goes unnoticed because of....

We cannot understand the Higher Wisdom. Later, well after the event, we may see the lesson contained....

Socrates: Yes mercy and grace are all linked with Love. Let your tears of gratitude wash away the dark....

The book that simply demands to be read, for no good reason, is asking us to change our lives by putting....