Random Inspirational Quotes

"Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakenly meant for his ear; the profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader; the profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until it is discovered by an equal mind and heart."

"The philosophers write about things as they are and as they appear to be, but as an artist I find that appearance is everything."

"One of the deepest longings of the human soul is to be seen."

"The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty."

"Jake went in, aware that he had, for the first time in three weeks, opened a door without hoping madly to find another world on the other side. A bell jingled overhead. The mild, spicy smell of old books hit him, and the smell was somehow like coming home."

"In this sad world of ours sorrow comes to all and it often comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible except with time. You cannot now believe that you will ever feel better. But this is not true. You are sure to be happy again. Knowing this, truly believing it will make you less miserable now. I have had enough experience to make this statement."

"Everybody’s damaged. It’s just a question of how badly, and whether you’re healing or still bleeding."

"My life is a reading list."

"I have given my word that only death will take me from you."

"She was a wolf. She was death, devourer of the worlds."

"Leaving your religion and having to invent your own system of values is a big deal, after all."

"There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life."

"Today I will fly in the peaceful blue sky with a flight of doves."

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."

"Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life."

"Any fool can make a ruleAnd any fool will mind it."

"Anything that you learn becomes your wealth, a wealth that cannot be taken away from you; whether you learn it in a building called school or in the school of life. To learn something new is a timeless pleasure and a valuable treasure. And not all things that you learn are taught to you, but many things that you learn you realize you have taught yourself."

"No one wants to read poetry. You have to make it impossible for them to put the poem down--impossible for them to stop reading it, word after word. You have to keep them from closing the book."

"What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones,The labor of an age in pilèd stones,Or that his hallowed relics should be hidUnder a star-y-pointing pyramid?Dear son of memory, great heir of fame,What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name?"