Literature Quotes

Books change lives. Authors and readers reflect on the power of the written word.

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"Literature is the conversation across centuries."
Muhammad Ali
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"Literature preserves the wisdom of ages and speaks to timeless human truths."
Narayan Murthy
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"Literature preserves what is eternally human across all generations."
Narayan Murthy
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"Literature teaches us that human struggles and dreams are universal and timeless."
Azim Premji
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"Literature preserves and transmits the wisdom and experience of human civilizations."
Azim Premji
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"Literature opens doors to infinite worlds."
Lee Byung-chull
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"Literature is the immortal voice of the ages."
Shoji Shima
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"Literature is the conversation across centuries."
Shoji Shima
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"Literature preserves the wisdom of generations past."
Lee Kun-hee
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"Literature is the voice of the past speaking to the future."
Lee Kun-hee
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"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life."
Hiroshi Mikitani
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"Literature opens our minds to infinite possibilities."
Masayoshi Son
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"Literature connects us across time and space."
Masayoshi Son
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"Literature preserves the echoes of human experience across time."
Shoji Shima
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"Literature opens windows to worlds we have never seen."
Ratan Tata
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"Literature is a mirror in which we see ourselves reflected."
Ratan Tata
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"Literature preserves the collective wisdom of humanity."
Lee Kun-hee
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"Literature immortalizes the human experience across generations."
Lee Kun-hee
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"Literature is humanity speaking to itself across the centuries."
Shoji Shima
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"Literature holds up a mirror so we might see ourselves more clearly."
Shoji Shima
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"Literature preserves the wisdom of generations past."
Lee Kun-hee
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"Literature captures the human spirit in ways science cannot."
Soichiro Honda
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"Literature preserves our humanity in times of dehumanization."
Lee Kun-hee
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"Literature preserves the whispers of the past for the future."
Shoji Shima
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"Literature is humanity speaking to itself across time."
Shoji Shima
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"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life."
Huateng Ma
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"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."
Huateng Ma
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"Literature is the mirror society refuses to see itself in."
Shoji Shima
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"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life."
Robin Li
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"Literature teaches us what numbers alone cannot: the human soul."
Hiroshi Mikitani