Author: S. I. Hayakawa

Quotes

In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.

In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.

- S. I. Hayakawa

It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.

It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.

- S. I. Hayakawa

It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

- S. I. Hayakawa

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

- S. I. Hayakawa

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