Literature Quotes

Literature Quote of the day

Water is the most perfect traveller because when it travels it becomes the path itself!

He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination.

A waterfall cannot be silent, just as the wisdom! When they speak, the voice of power speaks!

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

But I think that of all the literature that I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey published by his wife.

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.

If the literature we are reading does not wake us, why then do we read it? A literary work must be an ice-axe to break the sea frozen inside us.

...and it is also possible, that Saadat Hasan dies, but Manto remains alive.

Language is the key to the heart of people.

The beauty of literature is you allow readers to see things through other peoples eyes. All good books do this.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.

When we no longer have good cooking in the world, we will have no literature, nor high and sharp intelligence, nor friendly gatherings, no social harmony.

You'll never be alone if you’ve got a book.

I lead no party; I follow no leader. I have given the best part of my life to careful study of Islam, its law and polity, its culture, its history and its literature.

No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.

That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.

Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces.

I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.

I've already told you: the only way to a woman's heart is along the path of torment. I know none other as sure.

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

My feelings are too loud for words and too shy for the world.

Istanbul is inspiring because it has its own code of architecture, literature, poetry, music.

It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.

Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness.

A book does not discriminate against any reader. All are welcome at the table of literature.

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs.

In a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says the more tender things.

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.

Very few of us are what we seem.

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

The great advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science or literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.

One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.

Hardware works best when it matters the least.

Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest.

The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.

Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.

How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and all the world's main religions?

Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people.

The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.

The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.

Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization.

The difference between me and them is that I'll look at Jesse Jackson and I'll see four Jesse Jacksons, and they'll just see one, the clown ambulance chaser.