Books, reading, and study; the love of books; what and how to read; libraries and the written word.
- Making Best Use of the Time Greg Beale
I read [the 740 page N.T. Wright book on the Resurrection of Jesus] while brushing my teeth over a period of time. … One page in the morning, one in the evening.
- Evil, Enormous Multiplication of Books Edgar Allen Poe
The enormous multiplication of books in every branch of knowledge is one of the greatest evils of this age. It presents one of the most serious obstacles to the …
- Hears Me My Cattercisum J. Gresham Machen
It seems to me that sundays get nicer and nicer becous Poply reads me in pilgrime progres and hears me my cattercisum, and I like it very much.
- Difficulty of Berivty Mark Twain
Anybody can have ideas — the difficulty is to express them without squandering a quire of paper on an idea that ought to be reduced to one glittering paragraph.
- Challenge of Writing Lord Byron
Oh that I had the art of easy writing What should be easy reading!
- A Modest Cottage with Books Thomas Jefferson
I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage, with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than …
- Be Scripture Men Thomas Watson
If the Scripture be of divine inspiration, then be exhorted, to study the Scripture. It is a copy of God’s will. Be Scripture-men, Bible-Christians.
- Lincoln’s Best Friend Abraham Lincoln
My best friend is the man who’ll get me a book I ain’t read.
- Books vs. Knowledge Herman Melville
Nevertheless, though of real knowledge there be little, yet of books there are a plenty.
- C. S. Lewis on Devotional Books C. S. Lewis
I believe that many who find that ’nothing happens’ when they sit down, or kneel down, to a book of devotion, would find that the heart sings unbidden while they are …
- Douglas Adams and P. G. Wodehouse Neil Gaiman
Actually, the literary tradition that Douglas [Adams] was part of was, at least initially, the tradition of English Humor Writing that gave us P. G. Wodehouse (whom …
- Fools and Asses Ray Bradbury
The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are. They’re Caesar’s praetorian guard, whispering as the parade roars down the avenue, ‘Remember, Caesar, thou art …
- John Newton on Jonthan Edwards John Newton
‘Edwards on Free Will,’ I have read with pleasure, as a good answer to proud reasoners in their own way; but a book of that sort cannot be generally read: where the …
- The Lord of the Rings Not a Children’s Book J.R.R. Tolkien
I find that many children become interested, even engrossed, in The Lord of the Rings, from about 10 onwards. I think this is rather a pity, really. It was not written …
- Lovers of Books Desiderius Erasmus
I consider as lovers of books not those who keep their books hidden in their store-chests and never handle them, but those who, by nightly as well as daily use thumb …
- Barth on Calvin Karl Barth
I could gladly and profitably set myself down and spend all the rest of my life just with John Calvin.
- C. S. Lewis on Doctrinal Books C. S. Lewis
For my own part, I tend to find the doctrinal books often more helpful in devotion than the devotional books, and I rather suspect that the same experience may await …
- Tim Keller on the Lord of the Rings Timothy Keller
When people ask me how often I have read The Lord of the Rings, the answer is, I actually never stop. I’m always in it.
- Sure Mark of an Unliterary Man C. S. Lewis
The sure mark of an unliterary man is that he considers ‘I’ve read it already’ to be a conclusive argument against reading a work.
- The Story is the Meaning Flannery O'Connor
The whole story is the meaning, because it is an experience, not an abstraction.
- Money for Books Erasmus
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
- On Buying Books Arthur Schopenhauer
Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their …
- Reading and Raking John Piper
When my sons complain that a good book is hard to read, I say, ‘Raking is easy, but all you get is leaves; digging is hard, but you might find diamonds.'
- Book I Ain't Read Abraham Lincoln
My best friend is the man who’ll get me a book I ain’t read.