Books Quotes

Without books, God is silent, justice dormant, natural science at a stand, philosophy lame, letters dumb, and all things involved in darkness.

Books that cannot bear examination, certainly ought not to be established as divine inspiration by penal laws.

I say that a college ought to be proud, within reason, to have its books stolen. Why do people steal money? Because they value it. Apply this to books and you may get a measure of effective education. Naturally, purloining should not be encouraged or even condoned; but it should be accepted as a running […]

If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book — what others do not say in whole books.