Did you ever pause when reading a passage or a quote that jolted your senses when you were reading whatever book was in your lap? The veteran writer Michael Walsh over the years occasionally did so. Unable or unwilling to let an inspiring passage slip like moon dust through his fingers he assiduously kept those sayings he thought of special merit.

These, he thought, will one day fill the pots of gold found at the end of most people’s rainbows. The talented writer’s adagio of adages and truisms over many years were meticulously stored for posterity.

The award-winning writer often proven to be a prophet had no clear idea of what he might do with his growing collection of sayings coined by history’s greatest thinkers.

Into the Aladdin’s Cave went the most remarkable but unforgettable thoughts of Europe’s great composers, writers and philosophers. The period being irrelevant his collection of hundreds of priceless literary gems was uttered by the lips, penned by the quills, the pens and the typewriters of epochs.

Who would otherwise keep such breath-taking memorable words of priceless wisdom? Hardly modern-day teaching professionals who in this dumbed-down Age of Mediocrity appear to have replaced inspiration and honour with the bland mantras of political correctness.

When cheap paperbacks litter the shelves of charity shops and when mummy-porn is growing demand could there not be a discovered a sanctuary for the more discerning generations who shall hopefully follow today’s Philistines whose literary sewerage assaults the senses?

With the sense of duty of a pilgrim who carefully tends the graves of the dearly departed in an abandoned cemetery, Michael Walsh, with the help of his erudite wife published a compilation of history’s most inspiring quotes and evocative sayings.  

The question is again asked; have you ever stopped at a picture or paused when reading a quote? At such an enriching moment you will recall staring into the distance. Perhaps you will have become lost in thought. Then again, you might have silently said over and over again those golden words as if each word was a drop of nectar that could be tasted over and over again.

Inspire a Nation II, a compilation of almost 500 breath-taking illustrated quotes collected over decades by Michael Walsh are here to be savoured.

The book really should come with a little advice. Never allow your copy of Inspire a Nation Volume II be taken prisoner by a so-called friend. Otherwise, you will likely never again see your copy of Inspire a Nation II ever again.

If you are a thoughtful caring soul then your perhaps hesitantly purchased copy will inspire you to do something quite magical too.

On devouring your copy of Inspire a Nation II nearly 500 thought-provoking sayings illustrated by 75 heart-stopping pictures rarely seen you too will be inspired. The collection’s author promises you that Inspire a Nation II purchased as a gift for those you most treasure your gift will outlive both giver and receiver.