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

Quote by Charles W Eliot

Topics: Books Quotes, Friendship Quotes, Teachers And Teaching Quotes

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgements of probabilities, and not on certainties.

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgements of probabilities, and not on certainties.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and...

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and...

You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in...

You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in...

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and...

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and...

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can...

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can...

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long...

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long...

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most...

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most...

The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.

The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop...

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop...

Until it is kindled by a spirit as flamingly alive as the one which gave...

Until it is kindled by a spirit as flamingly alive as the one which gave...

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part,...

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part,...

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our...

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our...

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were...

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were...

The best book on programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland; but that's because...

The best book on programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland; but that's because...

All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation...

All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation...

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times...

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times...

Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.

Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may...

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.