Book Quotes

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The Imitation of Christ is a cherished treasure of the Christian world. This great book was written by a Roman Catholic monk. "Written", perhaps, is… — Swami Vivekananda
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." This sentence alone would save mankind if all books and prophets were lost. This… — Swami Vivekananda
To write a book is for all the world like humming a song. — Laurence Sterne
For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books. — Herman Melville
The Body of B. Franklin, Printer Like the Cover of an old Book Its Contents turn out And Stript of its Lettering & Guilding Lies… — Benjamin Franklin
I'm going to write a book, continue acting, continue motivational speaking and just share with people who I am and what I've learned in my… — J. R. Martinez
A man would never get the notion of writing a book on the peculiar situation of the human male. — Simone de Beauvoir
In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection; otherwise you only make so many asses laden with books. — Michel de Montaigne
What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more leisure and less… — Samuel Gompers
An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed; an act of vengeance writes one of its own — Marilyn vos Savant
During the Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have time to sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There… — Bill Maher
I was so inspired by Dr. King that in 1956 with my brothers and sisters and first cousins, I was only 16 years old, we… — John Lewis
Books may be classed from the Faculties of the mind — Thomas Jefferson
music, drawing, books, invention & exercise will be so many resources to you against ennui. — Thomas Jefferson
No one ever comitted suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while trying to write one. — Unknown Author
I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was not enough. My real education, the superstructure, the details, the true architecture, I… — Isaac Asimov
... garden books are quite unconscious that besides telling us how to turn our patch of earth into a garden, they are also expressing the… — Nan Fairbrother
And what I'm telling you now is not for you to go out and try the same ways I try, or not to even try… — Unknown Author
Don't settle. Don't finish crappy books. If you don't like the menu, leave the restaurant. If you're not on the right path, get off it. — Chris Brogan
. . . The books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that make us suffer like the death of… — Franz Kafka

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