Book Quote by Jessica Zafra

Like every other self-respecting academic, I'm distrustful of self-help books.

— Amitava Kumar

“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

Whoever lacks the initiative to read books stifles his own selfhood,

— Carl F. H. Henry

Seeing one's books on the shelf tells you so much about the way somebody has, over the years, put together their private library, which…

— Jeanette Winterson

All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. ... But with each…

— Nick Hornby

I think that most of my books are part of some process of self-education, often about the places I go to. Most of all,…

— John le Carre

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation... A book is not only…

— Henry Miller

I am not a self-help writer. I am a self-problem writer. When people read my books, I provoke some things. I cannot justify my…

— Paulo Coelho

Why do you want to read others' books when there is the book of yourself?

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

I began writing books after speaking for several years and I realize that when you have a written book people think that you're smarter…

— Brian Tracy

“People need books for a better life. Books are a way of self-nurturing.”

— Love The Stacks Bookstore

A book is so much a part of oneself that in delivering it to the public one feels as if one were pushing one's…

— Quentin Bell