“A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.” -Abraham Lincoln
“The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.” -Abraham Lincoln
"The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them, nay a carefully studied conversation, in which they reveal to us none but the best of their thoughts." -Rene Descartes
"If you can read this, thank a teacher." –Anonymous
“A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy.” -Edward P. Morgan
“The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.” -James Bryce
“A good book has no ending.” -R.D. Cumming
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” -Charles W. Eliot
“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.” -Mark Twain
“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it." -Oscar Wilde
"Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled 'This could change your life.'" -Helen Exley
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” -Richard Steele
