He ate and drank the precious words, His spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, Nor that his frame was dust. He danced along the dingy days, And this bequest of wings, Was but a book. What liberty A loosened Spirit Brings.
Books Quotes
Of course not! What would I do with a lot of books I’ve already read? (stock answer to clods who ask him if he’s read all the books on his shelves)
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.
Unto my books so good to turn Far ends of tired days; It half endears the abstinence, And pain is missed in praise.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.
Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage amongst his books. For to you Kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned by the flicking of a finger.
The way a book is read – which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book – can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts in it. Anyone, who can read, can learn to read deeply and thus live more fully.
A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciousness varying with readers.
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
