“ What then? Are we only to buy the books that we read? The question has merely to be thus bluntly put, and it answers itself. All impassioned bookmen, except a few who devote their whole lives to readi… Arnold Bennett
“ We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going... Concentrate on something useful. Arnold Bennett
“ And since nothing whatever happens to us outside our own brain; since nothing hurt us or gives us pleasure except within the brain, the supreme importance of being able to control what goes on in that… Arnold Bennett
“ The man who begins to go to bed forty minutes before he opens his bedroom door is bored; that is to say, he is not living. Arnold Bennett
“ Without the power to concentrate thatis to say, without the power to dictate to the brain its task and to ensure obedience true life is impossible. Mind control is the first element of a full existenc… Arnold Bennett
“ You probably think of the orchestra as a heterogeneous mass of instrumentsproducing a confused agreeable massof sound. You do not listen for details because you have never trained your ears to listen… Arnold Bennett
“ Ardour in well-doing is a misleading and a treacherous thing. It cries out loudly for employment; you can't satisfy it at first; it wants more and more; it is eager to move mountains and divert the co… Arnold Bennett
“ Money is far commoner than time. When one reflects, one perceives that money is just about the commonest thing there is. Arnold Bennett
“ The proper, wise balancingof one's whole life may depend upon thefeasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual hour. Arnold Bennett
