“Reading is not an end to itself, but a means to an end.”

A person does not struggle except for what he loves and only loves what is free of appreciation and respect.

Money glitters, beauty sparkles and intelligence shines.

Words build bridges into unexplored regions.

I can fight only for something that I love, love only what I respect, and respect only what I at least know.

Life is like a game, there could be many players. If you don’t play with them, they’ll play with you.

A woman must be a cute, cuddly, naive little thing – tender, sweet, and stupid.

Anyone can deal with victory. Only the mighty can bear defeat.

If you win, you need not have to explain. If you lose, you should not be there to explain!

Capitalism and Bolshevism are the two sides of the same international Jewish coin.

Tell a lie loud enough and long enough and people will believe it.

Strength lies not in defense but in the attack.

What good fortune for those in power that people do not think.

We have to put a stop to the idea that it is a part of everybody’s civil rights to say whatever he pleases.

The day of individual happiness has passed.

Your birth may be common, But death must be history.

We stand at the end of the Age of Reason. A new era of the magical explanation of the world is rising.

In spite of the seven thousand books of expert advice, the right way to discipline a child is still a mystery to most fathers and mothers Only your grandmother and Genghis Khan know how to do it.

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

His money went largely toward books, which to him were like sacred objects, providing ballast for his mind.

I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple.

I really like to look like a history book. I can look the 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes I’ll pull that ’80s Brooklyn hip-hop kid with the door-knocker earrings.

So many books, so little time.

I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.