Shimon Peres Quotes

Drink deeply from good books.

I have depended on books not only for pleasure and for the wisdom they bring to all who read, but also for that knowledge which comes to others through their eyes and their ears.

Do you wish to learn? There are books that can teach you anything, and there is no cheaper form of education, nor one whose effects are more lasting. My education came from books, and they have been my companions by many campfires, in bunkhouses, ships' forecastles, in hotels and on planes. No matter where you find me, I am never far from a book.

It is books that are a key to the wide world; if you can't do anything else, read all that you can.

Give yourself unto reading. The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s brains, proves that he has no brains of his own. You need to read. . . . We are quite persuaded that the very best way for you to be spending your leisure time, is to be either reading or praying. You may get much instruction from books which afterwards you may use as a true weapon in your Lord and Master’s service. Paul cries, “Bring the books” — join in the cry.

books are brain food. If every American would purchase the equivalent of his weight in books each year, this country would be a different place.

A book is valuable not only for what it says but for what it makes you think, or causes you to remember. No matter what you wish to do or become there are books to teach you, help you, guide you.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.

Books stay with me and have shaped me and made huge impacts on my life.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

I'm always reading something.

I read many things. I read to fill in my knowledge of the world.

The important thing is that you 'read!'

He fed his spirit with the bread of 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.

The helpful thought for which you look Is written somewhere in a book.

I just read history books. I read nothing but history books. They have so much to give; I wish I'd majored in history in college.

Reading maketh a full man.

Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be.

A fondness for reading, which, properly directed, must be an education in itself.