Books

Blessed be the memory of those who have left their blood, their spirits, their lives, in these precious books, and have willingly wasted themselves into these enduring monuments, to give light unto others.
- Bishop Joseph Hall, 1574 - 1656

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their own notions well, or which suggest to them ideas which their minds are already predisposed to accept.
- Carl Lotus Becker

You are the same today that you are going to be in five years from now except for two things: the people with whom you associate and the books you read.
- Charles Jones

A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.
- Franz Kafka, 1883 - 1924

The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.
- James Bryce, 1838 - 1922

When I get a little money, I buy books. And if there is any left over, I buy food.
- Desiderius Erasmus, 1466 - 1536