Books Quote by David Souter

The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg once said to me, by newspapers and the Bible.

— Van Wyck Brooks

“Once you learn to read minds you lose interest in reading books”

— Sheetal Vijay

“Someone has said of books that they are our 'amplest heritages' of thought, and so they are. That doesn't necessarily mean that they must…

— Mary Virginia Provines

“One habit: choosing a book and starting each day with a dedicated time of reading and gazing, becoming an apprentice to a mind I…

— Frances Mayes

“Books allow a person to think outside of the box. They allow reflections and contemplation. So read them while thinking is still legal.”

— Love The Stacks Bookstore

“Don't just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective…

— Epictetus

“America’s Founders understood literacy as a prerequisite for freedom and our form of self-government. Once we know how to read, what we read matters.…

— Ben Sasse

“Reading a book is an intellectual exercise, which stimulates thought, questions,”

— Noam Chomsky

“Books are so full of thoughts that some of them have learned to think.”

— Henry Hitchens (Browse

“Reading good books is like engaging in conversation with the most cultivated minds of past centuries who had composed them, or rather, taking part…

— René Descartes

“Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty.”

— Nick Hornby

“Reading expands the mind; just like a book, open it.”

— self