Books Quotes

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what's inside.

The difference between real material poison and intellectual poison is that most material poison is disgusting to the taste, but intellectual poison, which takes the form of cheap newspapers or bad books, can unfortunately sometimes be attractive.

Rest, nature, books, music...such is my idea of happiness.

I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.

Only picture to yourself a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, & books & music.

There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books.

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody can read.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.

A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems.

A multitude of books distracts the mind.

I've always been interested in science - one of my favourite books is James Watson's 'Molecular Biology of the Gene.'

I spend a lot of time reading.

In the humble environs of my boyhood, books were a scarce commodity. By local standards, however, the personal library of STR Manickam, a former 'revolutionary' or militant nationalist, was sizeable. He encouraged me to read all I could and I often visited his home to borrow books.

Stories of perseverance and extraordinary courage always inspire me. This piece in a book called Everyday Greatness by Stephen R. Covey has remained with me ever since.

Books were always my friends Last more than fifty years Books gave me dreams. Dreams resulted in missions. Books helped me confidently take up the missions. Books gave me courage at the time of failures. Good books were for me angels that touched my heart gently at the time. Hence I ask young friends to have books as friends. Books are your good friends.

Coming into contact with a good book and possessing it, is indeed an everlasting enrichment.