“A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books.” ~ Unknown

There is definitely some truth to this quote when one considers the vast amount of knowledge one can acquire from books. One can truly have a library of wisdom.

Naturally, that library of books doesn’t do a man much good if they sit on the shelf unread, and it’s true that one could acquire knowledge by talking to people, but the knowledge that can be gained from many people from the past can be obtained only in a book.

Happiness ~ there are many many happy people in the world that haven’t read a book, but books have certainly helped me gain happiness at low points in my life. Happiness is more easily found by helping people.

Truth ~ truth can be found within books, but so can false concepts and propaganda.

With this I can agree with: A library of wisdom is precious. Precious indeed.