Sudha Murty Quotes

Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.

To help, to continually help and share, that is the sum of all knowledge; that is the meaning of art.

I give novels as gifts, and there is nothing I like to receive more as a gift.

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without the other is naught.

Reading means borrowing.

How precious a book is in light of the offering, in the light of the one who has the privilege of this offering. The library tells you of this offering.

Give, give, give - what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away? Of having stories if I don't tell them to others? Of having wealth if I don't share it? I don't intend to be cremated with any of it! It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the divine.

Information is not knowledge, and knowledge is not wisdom. Reading - even browsing - an old book can yield sustenance denied by a database search. Patience is a virtue, gluttony a sin.

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

Love is cheering and sharing and compassion and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy or relief to anyone or anything.

Reading is a possession, a march toward a possession.

If you are fortunate in life, age and knowledge breed compassion.

If you're a guy, you should get girls flowers all the time. They never get old and you can never get them enough. I'm never disappointed when I get flowers. I always thought guys who don't buy women flowers are such fools. All it takes is one. A little goes a long way with flowers.

It's not about how big or expensive a present is, it's the thought that is so nice.

Any time you make the transfer of 'I've created something, and I'm giving it to you, and I hope it makes you happy,' that's good.

Books are still my favorite present.

I treat people throughout the year, my mates with children, every time I see them I give them 40 quid, or I go to Amazon and get them a gift- no one goes without.

Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.

With one day's reading a man may have the key in his hands.

Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you

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

Book! You lie there; the fact is, you books must know your places. You'll do to give us the bare words and facts, but we come in to supply the thoughts.

Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything.

How do you know that?" "Because,"Chong said with raised eyebrows,"when you open those things called 'books',there are words as well as pictures.Sometimes the words tell you stuff.

I got £25. My friends all gave me £5. It was a very thoughtful present.