Books Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best, stand naturally…

— Henry David Thoreau

Books are a finer world within the world.

— Alexander Smith

Books are precious things, but more than that, they are the strong backbone of civilization. They are the thread upon which it all hangs,…

— Louis L'Amour

“The world of books is the wealth of being.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity…

— Joseph Addison

I was impressed for the ten thousandth time by the fact that literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity.…

— Anthony Powell

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

— Anne Bronte

“No book is really worth reading, which does not either impart valuable knowledge; or set before us some ideal of beauty, strength, or nobility…

— J.R. Miller

Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history.

— Edna Ferber

The books that are really valuable are the books that evoke a sense of place.

— Irvine Welsh

“Books are the carriers of civilization...They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print.”

— Barbara W. Tuchman

“Books, purchasable at low cost, permit us to interrogate the past with high accuracy; to tap the wisdom of our species; to understand the…

— Carl Sagan