Book Quote by Mahatma Gandhi

A good book praises itself

— German Proverb

I have depended on books not only for pleasure and for the wisdom they bring to all who read, but also for that knowledge…

— Helen Keller

A good book is the purest essence of a human soul.

— Thomas Carlyle

Good books tell the truth, even when they're about things that never have been and never will be. They're truthful in a different way

— Stanislaw Lem

Any book has behind it all the other books that have been written.

— Anthony Burgess

“The chief beauty of this book lies not so much in its literary style, or in the extent and usefulness of the information it…

— Jerome K. Jerome

Why do you read many books? The great book is within your heart. Open the pages of this inexhaustible book, the source of all…

— Sivananda

I appreciate a book intended to be judged by its cover. The insincere readers are often weeded out while the sincere readers remain curious.

— Criss Jami

A book is a human fact; a great book like Seraphita gathers together numerous psychological elements. These elements become coherent through a sort of…

— Gaston Bachelard

Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.

— Edward Gibbon

Some books inspire one to read, and some inspire one to write; for selfish reasons, I'm always looking for the latter.

— Andrew Sean Greer

The virtue of books is to be readable.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson