Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Holbrook Jackson (British Journalist, Writer)

George Holbrook Jackson (1874–1948) was an English writer and cultural critic renowned for his significant contributions to literature, reading, and literary culture. He was regarded as one of the foremost bibliophiles of his era.

Born in Liverpool, England, Jackson began his career as a journalist and soon became an influential voice in early 20th-century literary circles. He was a key figure in the British fin-de-siècle literary and artistic movements and collaborated with contemporaries such as H. G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw, sharing their enthusiasm for progressive ideas and intellectual discourse. In 1907, he co-founded the New Age journal, a platform for avant-garde writers, thinkers, and critics, where his writings reflected his interests in literature, art, and social reform.

Jackson’s most celebrated work, The Anatomy of Bibliomania (1930,) is a detailed and humorous exploration of the passion for books, earning it a lasting place among bibliophiles. The Fear of Books (1932) investigates society’s historical distrust of books and their perceived dangers. His collection of aphorisms, Platitudes in the Making (1911,) showcases his sharp wit and philosophical reflections on life and literature.

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Genius is initiative on fire.
—Holbrook Jackson
Topics: Creativity, Genius

Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest of cowardice.
—Holbrook Jackson
Topics: Censorship

Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.
—Holbrook Jackson
Topics: Habits

Your library is your portrait.
—Holbrook Jackson
Topics: Libraries

Those who seek happiness miss it, and those who discuss it, lack it.
—Holbrook Jackson
Topics: Happiness

Only one-fourth of the sorrow in each man’s life is caused by outside uncontrollable elements, the rest is self-imposed by failing to analyze and act with calmness.
—Holbrook Jackson
Topics: Sorrow, Sadness

The newest books are those that never grow old.
—Holbrook Jackson
Topics: Reading, Books

The poor are the only consistent altruists; they sell all they have and give it to the rich.
—Holbrook Jackson
Topics: Wealth

Man is a dog’s idea of what God should be.
—Holbrook Jackson
Topics: Dogs

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.
—Holbrook Jackson
Topics: Books, Reading

A large, still book is a piece of quietness, succulent and nourishing in a noisy world, which I approach and imbibe with “a sort of greedy enjoyment,” as Marcel Proust said of those rooms of his old home whose air was “saturated with the bouquet of silence”.
—Holbrook Jackson
Topics: Solitude

Happiness is a form of courage.
—Holbrook Jackson
Topics: Happiness

Intuition is reason in a hurry.
—Holbrook Jackson
Topics: Reason

No man is ever old enough to know better.
—Holbrook Jackson
Topics: Age

We are more inclined to regret our virtues than our vices; but only the very honest will admit this.
—Holbrook Jackson
Topics: Vice

Patience has its limits, take it too far and it’s cowardice.
—Holbrook Jackson
Topics: Patience

The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can be practiced at any hour of the day or night, whenever the time and inclination comes, that is your time for reading; in joy or sorrow, health or illness.
—Holbrook Jackson
Topics: Reading

Your readiest desire is your path to joy even if it destroys you.
—Holbrook Jackson
Topics: Happiness, Being Ourselves

A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for further imbibement.
—Holbrook Jackson
Topics: Books

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