God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.
Books Quotes
Libraries are not made, they grow.
Like a roving spaniel, that barks at every bird he sees, leaving his game, I have followed all, saving that which I should, and may justly complain, and truly, “qui ubique est, nusquam est”, which Gesner did in modesty, that I have read many books, but to little purpose, for want of good method; I […]
The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.
Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy.
One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.
But, as with eros itself, we find books under attack. We live in a country in which the activity of solitary reading, with its need for leisure and calm, has diminished to the vanishing point. And, worse still, there are theories reigning in the land which tell us that books can have no permanent meanings […]
The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency – the belief that the here and now is all there is.
‘Tis pleasant, sure, to see one’s name in print; A book’s a book, although there’s nothing’ in ‘t.
