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Quote 6232 by Anonymous on 16/09/2011

The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.
- Theodore Parker
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