Books
(page 2)
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
Don't judge a book by its cover.
A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books — especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything — even mountains, rivers, plants and trees — should be your teacher.
The remedy for life's broken pieces is not classes, workshops or books. Don't try to heal the broken pieces. Just forgive.
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books.
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.
I love everything that's old, — old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
I'm trying to write books that taste like ice cream but have the nutrition of vegetables.
Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
My own experience with being interviewed is mixed. I suppose they're a part of my job, and as I would like readers to connect with my books, I do them. I've also made many lifelong friends whom I first encountered as interviewers — as a writer, they're a terrific way to meet and add smart new people to one's life.
The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.
Every once in a while, I get mad. 'The Lorax' came out of my being angry. The ecology books I'd read were dull... In 'The Lorax', I was out to attack what I think are evil things and let the chips fall where they might.
Peter Fleming was a famous English traveler, explorer and adventurer, whose non-fiction books were hugely successful. My father owned signed copies of all of them — he and Peter Fleming had become acquainted over some detail of set design at the Korda film studio in Shepperton — and I had read each of them with breathless adolescent excitement.
Loading ...