228 Quotes by Christopher Morley

The human mind appears suddenly and inexplicably out of some unknown and unimaginable void. It passes half its known life in the mental chaos of sleep. Even when awake it is a victim of its own ill-adjustment, of disease, of age, of external suggestion, of nature's compulsions; it doubts its own sensations and trusts only in instruments and averages.

I wish there could be an international peace conference of booksellers, for (you will smile at this) my own conviction is that the future happiness of the world depends in no small measure on them and on the librarians.

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks Go.

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

There is indeed a heaven on this earth, a heaven which we inhabit when we read a good book.

The censure of a dog is something no man can stand.

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.