"Our Holy Scriptures are not only a religious book, but the foundation of our literature, our language and our history, and the sole source of them." ~~ Rav Tza’ir
"A book gives knowledge, but it is life that gives understanding." ~~ Traditional Proverb
"Where can you find a better place to spend the dangerous age than in literature?" ~~ Theodore Herzl
"It is easiser, perhaps, to do good deeds than tell good stories." ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon
"Books are pouches of wisdom embroidered with pearly words." ~~ Moshe Ben Ezra
"Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read." ~~ Groucho Marx
"What is written lasts for ever." ~~ Isaac Abravanel
"Life is God’s novel so let him write it." ~~ Isaac Bashevis Singer
"A people’s only national literature is the one written in its national language." ~~ Achad Ha’am
"Three possessions should you prize: a field, a friend, and a book." ~~ Hai Gaon
"Many pens are broken, and seas of ink consumed, to descibe things that never happened." ~~ Midrash Tanchuma
"No artistan without tools, nor any scholar without books." ~~ Tsohar Hateiva