“He that loves reading has everything within his reach.”
Source: The Enquirer: Reflections on Education, Manners and Literature, in a Series of Essays
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Source: Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy: Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1804-1806
“A great book should leave you with many experiences.”
Source: Conversations with William Styron
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”
Source: Les Misérables
“There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln
“No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.”
Source: Letters
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”
Source: The Tatler: With Notes and a General Index ; Complete in One Volume
“Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.”
“I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.”
Source: ... Yearbook
Source: On Reading
“We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.”
“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.”
Source: The Prince and the Pauper (StoneHenge Classics)
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
“Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”
Source: A Judgement In Stone
Source: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
“The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.”
Source: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.”
“Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.”
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body and prayer is to the soul.”
Source: Rediscovering Catholicism: Journeying Toward Our Spiritual North Star
Source: Conversations with William Styron
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
“A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it.”
Source: Clearing the air
“Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.”
Source: Literature and Life
“Wear the old coat and buy the new book.”
Source: The Theory of Preaching: Lectures on Homiletics
“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island...”
“It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.”
“You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.”