1,425 Quotes by Mason Cooley

Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one's behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.

The interest in Wisdom is fading. Soon there will not be enough left to support the aphorism, even though it tries to amuse by half-mocking the Wisdom it propounds.

Readers transform a library from a mausoleum into many theaters.

My mentors grow old and foolish. I am afraid.

I read here and there in books, enjoying the examples and ignoring the argument.

Wisdom is founded on memory; happiness on forgetfulness.

If I had found the words I was looking for, I would not have read so much.

Wisdom knows when to return death's embrace.

Show enough regret, and your refusal will inspire gratitude.