To be in the company of a good book is better than to be in the company of bad friends.

It is better to be in the company of a good book than to be in the company of bad friends.

A book is the only vehicle that can take you around the world in one hour.

It is better to pick up a book than to pick up ignorance.

A few hours spent reading a book is better than a lifetime of ignorance.

Education costs an arm and a leg, but ignorance costs you your mind and your soul.

It is not enough to read many books, you have to read the right ones.

In my youth I had three teachers: friends, enemies, and books. In my adulthood I had three professors: God, nature, and life.

Books are a stairway to knowledge; experience is a highway to understanding; together they are an elevator to enlightenment.