The bibliophile is the master of his books, the bibliomaniac their slave. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The most efficacious secular book that ever was published in America is the newspaper. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries in life.” — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a mentor, a teacher, a guidepost, a counsellor. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The Bible stands alone in human literature in its elevated conception of manhood, in character and conduct. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Weak minds may be injured by novel-reading; but sensible people find both amusement and instruction therein. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“Books are the windows through which the soul looks out. A home without books is like a room without windows.” — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is a temperate zone in the mind, between luxurious indolence and exacting work; and it is to this region, just between… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Books are the true metempsychosis,--they are the symbol and presage of immortality. The dead men are scattered, and none shall find them.… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“A little library, growing larger every year, is an honourable part of a man's history. It is a man's duty to have… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It is not what we read, but what we remember that makes us learned. It is not what we intend but what… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I read for three things; first, to know what the world has done the last twenty-four hours, and is about to do… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Children learn to read by being in the presence of books. The love of knowledge comes with reading and grows upon it.… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A library is but the soul's burial ground; it is the land of shadows. Yet one is impressed with the thought, the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The slave labors, but with no cheer-it is not the road to respectability, it will honor him with no citizens' trust, it… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A book is a garden; A book is an orchard; A book is a storehouse; A book is a party. It is… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Astronomers have built telescopes which can show myriads of stars unseen before; but when a man looks through a tear in his own eye,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Even a liar tells a hundred truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to be suggestions of that realm which is the home of the heart. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
In America there is not one single element of civilization that is not made to depend, in the end, upon public opinion. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Mirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
