Absolutes Quote by George Harrison

The books that influence the world are those that it has not read.

— Anonymous

Although many swamis and yogis had come from India to the West, Prabhupada was the only one with the purity and devotion to establish…

— Mukunda Goswami

The most revealing books are the Holy Koran and the Holy Bible. The Bhagavad Gita is a great book as well, and the works…

— RZA

I am also well aware that literature only has a minimal influence on political disputes or economic crises in the world, but its significance…

— Mo Yan

When we read the right book generously, it can change the way think about the world around us.

— John Green

True literature should rouse the reader, unsettle him, change his view of the world, give him a resolute push over the cliff of self-knowledge

— Félix J. Palma

His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world.

— William Shenstone

There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.

— Anne Bronte

For eighteen centuries every engine of destruction that human science, philosophy, wit, reasoning or brutality could bring to bear against a book has been…

— R. A. Torrey

The first and almost the only Book deserving of universal attention is the Bible.

— John Quincy Adams

It is by no means certain that we advance our philosophical quest by reading Plato or Aristotle. It may increase our knowledge of history…

— Jostein Gaarder

Many bad books have had great influence.

— Anne Applebaum