Being Quote by Pierre Bayle

There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought.

— Anonymous

“It may sometimes happen that a truth, an insight, which you have slowly and laboriously puzzled out by thinking for yourself could have easily…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Writing a book is a way of thinking to me, the only way of thinking that I have found successful.

— Ruth Ozeki

I personally love books that make me think, so I naturally gravitate toward writing a book like that, one that's going to make someone…

— Sharon Cameron

“A book can never be anything more than the impress of its author's thoughts; and the value of these will lie either in the…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

After all, I believe it is the style of thought entirely, and the style of expression, which makes the difference in books.

— Henry David Thoreau

A book can never be anything more than the impression of its author’s thoughts. The value of these thoughts lies either in the matter…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“He began to explicate a detailed and heretofore unformulated hypothesis about the human mind’s psychological readiness to read a given book at a given…

— Phillip Lewis

“Books allow a person to think outside of the box. They allow reflections and contemplation. So read them while thinking is still legal.”

— Love The Stacks Bookstore

Books are sepulchres of thought.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I have used the philosophers' ideas for my own private literary purposes, but I don't think that I'm a thinker. I suppose that my…

— Jorge Luis Borges

Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it…

— Umberto Eco