The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

Quote by Harper Lee

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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not...

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not...

I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.

I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.

As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your...

As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your...

It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had...

It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had...

Well, they're Southern people, and if they know you are working at home they think...

Well, they're Southern people, and if they know you are working at home they think...

Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.

Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway...

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway...

As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your...

As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your...

Do you spell it with a V or a W?' inquired the judge. 'That depends...

Do you spell it with a V or a W?' inquired the judge. 'That depends...

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

The world judge of men by their ability in their professions, and we judge of...

The world judge of men by their ability in their professions, and we judge of...

Nature is a hanging judge

Nature is a hanging judge

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by...

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by...

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

I miss being a kid. No one cared how you dressed, we were all friends,...

I miss being a kid. No one cared how you dressed, we were all friends,...

Analyses of others are actually expressions of our own needs and values.

Analyses of others are actually expressions of our own needs and values.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it

When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain...

When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain...