There is a Chinese saying that "when a man reads 10 books he travels 10,000 miles."
Gorch Fok says:
"Good books are not the ones that satisfy our hunger, but good books are the ones that increase our appetite ... the hunger to know life ..."
"Books are silent teachers," says Evelyn Gallius.
France Kafka:
"A room without a book is like a body without a soul ..."
Goethe:
"A lot of people don't know how hard and time consuming it is to learn to read. I've spent 80 years, but I still can't say I'm on the right track ..."
Thomas Phone Campaign:
"I talk to God when I worship, but God talks to me when I read a book ..."
Jane Powell:
"Books are the longest letter written to a friend ..."
Guthold Lessing:
"The world alone cannot make a perfect human being. If you want to become a perfect human being, then you have to read the works of good writers ..."
Novels:
"A library full of books is the only place where we can freely communicate with the gods of the past and present ..."
Two German sayings:
"Books are like cups from which you have to learn to drink."
In German, a donkey is called an easel. When the word is read upside down, it becomes a lizard, so it is no wonder that you have to work hard like a donkey to get some information.
According to a survey, on an average only 6 paisa per person is spent annually for a book in Pakistan ...
It is often sold later in the trash and eaten.
