The race of man, while sheep in credulity, are wolves for conformity.
—Carl Clinton Van Doren
Topics: Humankind, Humanity, Religion
Whoever says he knows that immortality is a fact is merely hoping that it is.
—Carl Clinton Van Doren
Neither creator nor critic can make himself universal by barely taking thought about it. He is what he lives. The measure of the creator is the amount of life he puts Into his work. The measure of the critic is the amount of life he finds there
—Carl Clinton Van Doren
A classic is a book that doesn’t have to be written again.
—Carl Clinton Van Doren
Topics: Books
The most familiar quotations are the most likely to be misquoted. Some misquotations are still variable, some have settled down to false versions that have obscured the true ones. They have passed over from literature into speech.
—Carl Clinton Van Doren
Yes, it’s hard to write, but it’s harder not to.
—Carl Clinton Van Doren
Topics: Authors & Writing, Writing, Writers
It is obvious that no difficulty in the way of world government can match the danger of a world without it.
—Carl Clinton Van Doren
Yes, it’s hard to write. But it’s harder not to.
—Carl Clinton Van Doren
To all appearances, fiction is the native dialect of mankind, and the truth an esoteric language as yet but imperfectly learned and little loved.
—Carl Clinton Van Doren
Topics: Truth
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