As life tends to become more and more distracting, let us firmly hold on to books.

The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity.

Gilbert White discovered the formula for complete happiness, but he died before making the announcement, leaving it for me to do so. It is to be very busy with the unimportant.

The selection of a book-plate is such a serious matter.

In an established love of reading there is a policy of insurance guaranteeing certain happiness till death.

The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity...

Any book is my kind of book that I can read with delight.

The formula for complete happiness is to be very busy with the unimportant.

The formula for complete happiness is to be very busy.

The Republicans believe in the minimum wage -- the more the minimum, the better.

if you eat menand still feel like you’re starving, you’re craving something that they cannot give.

Life is an illusion which wisely prevents you from seeing yourself fully.

Simple shapes are inhuman. They fail to resonate with the way nature organizes itself or with the way human perception sees the world.

Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms.

History, like wallpaper, repeats itself and can also make a room look old-fashioned.

All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior.

Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself.

I can communicate far better on a guitar than I can through my mouth.

People think there's a choice between smoking and immortality, but we've all got to die of something.