Books

"A room without books is like a body without a soul." — Marcus Tullius Cicero

"There is no friend as loyal as a book." — Ernest Hemingway

"Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations." — Henry David Thoreau

"In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn’t read all the time — none, zero." — Charlie Munger

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain an idea without accepting it” — Aristotle

"The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries." — René Descartes

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body." — Joseph Addison

"Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled 'This could change your life.'" — Helen Exley

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page." — Augustine of Hippo

"A book is a device to ignite the imagination." — Alan Bennett

"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 William Eliot

"There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island." — Walt Disney

"Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill." — Barbara W. Tuchman

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them." — Mark Twain