Thomas Cahill

Quotes

• “Like fish who do not know they swim in water, we are seldom aware of the atmosphere of the times through which we move, how strange and singular they are.”

• “Whatever we experience in our day, whatever we hope to learn, whatever we most desire, whatever we set out to find, we see that the Greeks have been there before us, and we meet them on their way back.”

• “Never interested in impressive edifices, Irish monks preferred to spend their time in study, prayer, farming—and, of course, copying.”

• “Whereas elsewhere in Europe, no educated man would be caught dead speaking a vernacular, the Irish thought that all language was game—and too much fun to be deprived of any part of it.”

• “Only when we step back can we see that we have been reassembling something that can stand in the wind.”

Books by Thomas Cahill in order

Books by Thomas Cahill in the order they were published, from Big City Stories by Modern American Writers (1971) to St. Patrick (2015).

1. 1Big City Stories by Modern American WritersBig City Stories by Modern American Writers1971
2. 2Looking for Books: How to Find Hard-to-Find BooksLooking for Books: How to Find Hard-to-Find Books1988
3. 3Jesus' Little Instruction BookJesus' Little Instruction Book1994
4. 4How the Irish Saved CivilisationHow the Irish Saved Civilisation1995
5. 5How the Irish Saved CivilizationHow the Irish Saved Civilization1995
6. 6The Gifts of the JewsThe Gifts of the Jews1998
7. 7Desire of the Everlasting HillsDesire of the Everlasting Hills1999
8. 8The Gospel According to LukeThe Gospel According to Luke1999
9. 9The Gift of the JewsThe Gift of the Jews2000
10. 10Pope John XXIIIPope John XXIII2002
11. 11Sailing the Wine-Dark SeaSailing the Wine-Dark Sea2003
12. 12Mysteries of the Middle AgesMysteries of the Middle Ages2006
13. 13A Saint on Death RowA Saint on Death Row2009
14. 14End of Christian DivisionsEnd of Christian Divisions2010
15. 15Spalding's Official Soccer Football Guide 1918-19Spalding's Official Soccer Football Guide 1918-192012
16. 16Heretics and HeroesHeretics and Heroes2013
17. 17St. PatrickSt. Patrick2015