"And We have certainly made the Quran easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?"

—Quran 54:17 (Al-Qamar)

"This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allah."

—Quran 2:2 (Al-Baqarah)

"The best among you are those who learn the Quran and teach it."

—Sahih al-Bukhari

"Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave."

—Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr."

—Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one."

—George R.R. Martin

"There is no friend as loyal as a book."

—Ernest Hemingway

"Books are a uniquely portable magic."

—Stephen King

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."

—Dr. Seuss

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."

—Joseph Addison

"Today a reader, tomorrow a leader."

—Margaret Fuller

"A book is a dream that you hold in your hand."

—Neil Gaiman

"Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you."

—Carlos Ruiz Zafón

"I cannot live without books."

—Thomas Jefferson

"The seeking of knowledge is obligatory for every Muslim."

—Imam Al-Bayhaqi

"Knowledge enlivens the soul."

—Imam Ali (RA)