Great Books Quotes

52 quotes by 44 authors

Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're full of new rewards. — Martin Amis
I read when I get up in the morning, when I can during the day and every single evening. Most of my weekends are spent… — Shimon Peres
The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just. — Anita Brookner
In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Literature, like anything else, can become a wearisome business if you make a lifetime specialty of it. A healthy, wholesome man would no more spend… — Edward Abbey
We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement.… — B.F. Skinner
The tendency of modern scientific teaching is to neglect the great books, to lay far too much stress upon relatively unimportant modern work, and to… — Ronald Fisher
Bicycling beyond the Divide did what all great books do: it told me about me. In its tale of a journey made by two different… — Bret Lott
Students learn best not by reading the Great Books in a closed room but by opening the doors and windows of experience. — Thomas Ehrlich
Why aren't more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books aren't within everybody's reach. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
To read great books does not mean one becomes â€˜bookishâ€™; it means that something of the terrible insight of Dostoyevsky, of the richly-charged imagination of… — John Cowper Powys
When an editor works with an author, she cannot help seeing into the medicine cabinet of his soul. All the terrible emotions, the desire for… — Betsy Lerner
Success is not measured by bestseller lists. Certain types of great books sell very well; other types of great books donâ€™t sell a lot. But… — Po Bronson
The best leaders are the most dedicated learners. Read great books daily. — Robin Sharma
Everybody is different. Some writers can write reams of great books and then J. D. Salinger wrote just a few. Beethoven wrote nine symphonies. They… — Billy Joel
Books never make religions, but religions make books. We must not forget that. No book ever created God, but God inspired all the great books.… — Swami Vivekananda
Why are not more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books are not in everybody's reach; and though it is better… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
What holy cities are to nomadic tribes â€” a symbol of race and a bond of union â€” great books are to the wandering souls… — George Edward Woodberry
Wisdom is not what comes from reading great books. When it comes to understanding life, experiential learning is the only worthwhile kind, everything else is… — Joan Erikson
We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things. — Joseph Joubert

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