Books Quote by Denis Diderot

“Man Thinking must not be subdued by his instruments. Books are for the scholar's idle times. When he can read God directly, the hour…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to [the words of the wise]. Of making many books there is no end, and much…

— Ecclesiastes 12:12

“Reading is of great service towards procuring recollection in any one who proceeds in this way; and it is even necessary for him, however…

— St. Teresa Of Avila

“A man should begin with his own times. He should become acquainted first of all with the world in which he is living and…

— Henry Miller

“The leader who intends to grow spiritually and intellectually will be reading constantly.”

— J Oswald Sanders

“If one makes himself master of one vital book, he shall never become a commonplace man.”

— James Lowell

“Perhaps I had missed a great deal, reading so continually and seeing the world through the windowpanes of books. But then, maybe not. If…

— Fred Chappell

“He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the…

— Caleb Colton

“The man who has not the habit of reading is imprisoned in his immediate world, in respect to time and space. His life falls…

— Lin Yutang

He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books.

— Benjamin Franklin

"For even the most childish intoxication with progress will soon be forced to recognize that writing and books have a function that is eternal.…

— Hermann Hesse

“He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes books.”

— Benjamin Franklin