Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands read more

Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book,
that it may be read more

Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book,
that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.

Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.

Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and read more

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.