Book Quote by William Hazlitt

“Too many scholars think of research as purely a cerebral pursuit. If we do nothing with the knowledge we gain, then we have wasted…

— Brandon Sanderson

Books are the building blocks of civilization, for without the written word, a man knows nothing beyond what occurs during his own brief years…

— Louis L'Amour

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

— Anonymous

Certain books seem to be written, not that we might learn from them, but in order that we might see how much the author…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.

— Anonymous

Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry.

— Umberto Eco

I conceive that a knowledge of books is the basis on which all other knowledge rests.

— George Washington

“Now one rather annoying thing about scholars is that they are always using big words that some of us can't understand and one sometimes…

— Benjamin Hoff

Some books seem to have been written, not to teach us anything, but to let us know that the author has known something.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The Council of Scholars has said that we all know the things which exist and therefore the things which are not known by all…

— Ayn Rand

You may be ignorant of all the books in the world, and I hope you are, of all the latest theories, but that is…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“People can burn down books... but not knowledge.”

— Alin Sav