What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Reading Quotes

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

Self-trust is the essence of heroism

Self-trust is the essence of heroism

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands...

A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands...