Book Quotes

But for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.

The younger generation is surrounded by the Internet, apps, and video games. But somehow, my books make them read.

Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.

There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title.

One should play and sweat. Life shouldn’t be bogged down by books.

The blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind men do not perceive its light.

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

I don’t think I’ve ever read poetry, ever. I’m not really book smart.