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At one time or another, most of us have heard the truism, "in 5 years you will be a product of the books you read and the people you associate with." So, read any good books lately?

Naturally, there is more that contributes to a person's mind, or psyche, than just books and personalities, but the truism remains, at its core, true. In this reader's opinion, those who are not influenced by good books are poorer for it.



Birrell on Books:
Any ordinary man can...surround himself with two thousand books...and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy.
Augustine Birrell


Burrough on Books:
I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
John Burrough


Carlyle on Books:
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)

Chesterton on Books:
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)


Descartes on Books:
The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them, nay a carefully studied conversation, in which they reveal to us none but the best of their thoughts.
Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650)


Eliot on Books:
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.
Charles W. Eliot (1834 - 1926), The Happy Life, 1896


Jefferson on Books:
I cannot live without books.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)


Hesse on Books:
Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)


Marx on Books:
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)