[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f8kjFH4EWhfYsQIzteg38SUUCz7Oabq_tY-_1wdKU3iE":3,"$fQiMZ2BayL7BpcCMttjPkW9hB8I9e1hL3nwel4RhSpzk":12},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"bio_jsonld":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},84056,"James V. Schall","J",8,null,"james-v-schall",[],{"quotes":13,"pagination":95},[14,22,28,34,40,46,59,80],{"id":15,"quote_text":16,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":19,"source":20,"quote_tag":21,"commentary":9},3108721,"Self-discipline is the beginning of wisdom, not its end. When we have discovered the purpose for which self-discipline exists, we will, if we are sane, hardly recall anything about self-discipline because it has enabled us to become free to see and do so much else.",6,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":23,"quote_text":24,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":25,"source":26,"quote_tag":27,"commentary":9},3108712,"The truth will not only “make us free” but it is itself free. We all come in fact to know the same truth, otherwise we could not communicate at all with one another. This is why the modern-day denial of truth is, at the same time, a denial of real human communication and, consequently, in place of truth, an exhalation of power.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":29,"quote_text":30,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":31,"source":32,"quote_tag":33,"commentary":9},3108694,"Hell is a consequence of one’s own free choice. It would not exist if free choice did not exist or, better, if free choice were not used badly. It is not imposed arbitrarily from the outside by pitiless gods but grows logically from inside a human soul. It is the result of someone’s making himself what he wants to be, not what God wants him to be.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":35,"quote_text":36,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":37,"source":38,"quote_tag":39,"commentary":9},3108676,"The cruelest form of death, I have no doubt, is not physical death. Rather it is that public death which comes from the killing of ideas about God.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":41,"quote_text":42,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":43,"source":44,"quote_tag":45,"commentary":9},3108665,"Thinking is itself, however, an adventure.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":47,"quote_text":48,"author_id":5,"source_id":49,"has_image":18,"author":50,"source":51,"quote_tag":52,"commentary":58},684684,"No serious book lover will ever die having read every book he has managed to collect. This is not a sign of dilatoriness but of eagerness, anticipation.",2,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[53],{"id":54,"tag":55},3421550,{"id":56,"tag_name":57},9544,"books-reading","**The Backstory**\nThis insightful remark is attributed to James V. Schall, a Jesuit philosopher and scholar known for his erudite writings on literature and faith. While I couldn't pinpoint the exact source or date of this quote, it reflects his perspective as an avid reader and collector of books during his academic tenure.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nWhat most readers miss is the acknowledgment that Schall's observation is not just about the impossibility of reading everything but also a commentary on human nature's propensity for desire. The phrase \"eagerness, anticipation\" subtly reveals that our passion for collecting knowledge is driven by an innate longing to experience more, rather than simply completing a task.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, modern professionals and creatives should recognize that their pursuit of knowledge and expertise is fueled by an inherent desire for growth and exploration. Instead of beating themselves up over unfulfilled reading lists or unfinished projects, they should acknowledge and honor this innate drive, allowing it to propel them toward new discoveries and experiences.",{"id":60,"quote_text":61,"author_id":5,"source_id":49,"has_image":18,"author":62,"source":63,"quote_tag":64,"commentary":9},615435,"Revelation, I argue, leads to the completion and fulfillment of political philosophy, not in any necessary or artificial way, but as an intelligible response to valid questions posed in the discipline itself. Revelation is a gift; it does not arise from human sources. It is not something that could be demanded or commanded. It is a rational gift. . . .Aquinas remains a key to the compatibility of reason and revelation. (At the Limits of Political Philosophy)",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[65,70,75],{"id":66,"tag":67},3214515,{"id":68,"tag_name":69},222,"inspirational",{"id":71,"tag":72},3214519,{"id":73,"tag_name":74},270,"philosophy",{"id":76,"tag":77},3214520,{"id":78,"tag_name":79},4660,"political-philosophy",{"id":81,"quote_text":82,"author_id":5,"source_id":49,"has_image":18,"author":83,"source":84,"quote_tag":85,"commentary":9},615434,"Learning is very often a question of whether someone has his soul in order, whether he can be attracted by \"what is.\" Great things will not be seen by those whose souls are not ordered. I did not say that first. Aristotle did. But I do not mind repeating it, as if I were the first to discover it. 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