"I often feel sorry for people who don't read good books; they are missing a chance to lead an extra life."
— Scott Corbett

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx (The Essential Groucho)

"That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with delight and profit."
— Amos Bronson Alcott

"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."
— Aristotle

"a teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops"
— Henry Adams

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
— Pablo Picasso

"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge."
— Albert Einstein

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."
— Henry David Thoreau

"The road to success is always under contruction."
— Lily Tomlin

"Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation, as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn."
— Joseph Addison

"I just got out of the hospital. I was in a speed reading accident. I hit a book mark and flew across the room."
— Steven Wright

"There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life."
— Walt Disney Company