John Lyly Quotes

A book is quite a beautiful thing, even more so learning. Together, however, all they amount to is called book-learning.

Books are still the main yardstick by which I measure true wealth.

Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science.

If it is wisdom you're after, you're going to spend a lot of time on your ass reading.

Seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith.

My alma mater was books, a good library.

I spent my life in the library reading books.

I love researching. That's one of my favorite parts about school.

I think that books are fundamentally educational.

After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books.

The more one reads, the more one sees that one has to read.

I'm a voracious reader, I'm always studying.

Since I come from an educated background, I love to study.

Let us pick up our books and pencils. They are our most powerful weapon.

If the 21st Century is the era of knowledge and of knowledgeable human-force, then, to extol this force, Gujarat must form a strong bond with books.

I read books and talked to people. I mean that's kind of how one learns anything. There's lots of great books out there & lots of smart people.

If knowing history made you rich, librarians would be billionaires.

I don't care how rich and successful a man is. He's nothing without an education.

Books come at my call and return when I desire them; they are never out of humor and they answer all my questions with readiness. Some present in review before me the events of past ages; others reveal to me the secrets of Nature. These teach me how to live, and those how to die; these dispel my melancholy by their mirth, and amuse me by their sallies of wit. Some there are who prepare my soul to suffer everything, to desire nothing, and to become thoroughly acquainted with itself. In a word, they open the door to all the arts and sciences.

For those who are going to learn from books, learning the art of reading would seem to be indispensable.

Read! Read all the time, the understanding will come by itself.

I always say that, to me, it starts with reading. This is something I tell high school kids, college kids, people trying to get into the business, that it's just so much about reading. Read, read, read. So much of everything else falls into place when you just do a ton of reading.

To start with, look at all the books.

Keep reading books, stay in school. I encourage kids to read as much as they can, I challenge you to read a book every two weeks, like I try to.

All that a university or final highest school. can do for us is still but what the first school began doing--teach us to read. We learn to read in various languages, in various sciences; we learn the alphabet and letters of all manner of books. But the place where we are to get knowledge, even theoretic knowledge, is the books themselves. It depends on what we read, after all manner of professors have done their best for us. The true university of these days is a collection of books.