“Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.”

“You can only learn so much by reading. You cannot learn to ride a bicycle by reading a book.”

“I read a book not to find its meaning, but to find my happiness.”

“Condorcet's Life of Turgot; a book well calculated to rouse the best sort of enthusiasm, since it contains one of the wisest and noblest of lives, delineated by one of the wisest and noblest of men.”

“Pay attention to what's happening around you. Read the book before you see the movie. Remember, though you, alone, are responsible for your own happiness, its still okay to feel responsible for someone else's. Liveto learn.”

“The chief aim of education is to show you, after you make a livelihood, how to enjoy living; and you can live longest and best and most rewardingly by attaining and preserving the happiness of learning.”

“A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.”

“The words you can't find, you borrow.
We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone.”

“Remember, young man, experience is not the best teacher. Other people's experience is the best teacher. By reading about the lives of great people, you can unlock the secrets to what made them great.”

“If you can, and if you are a playgoer and a filmgoer, you should be able to find voices for all the characters in the books you read.”