Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as the latter.
If you take a book into your hands, be it 'God's book, or any other useful good book,' rely on God to make it profitable to you. Do not waste time reading unprofitable books. When you read, do so not...
We read privately, mentally listening to the author's voice and translating the writer's thoughts. The book remains static and fixed; the reader journeys through it.
I am shocked to find that some people think a 2 star 'I liked it' rating is a bad rating. What? I liked it. I LIKED it! That means I read the whole thing, to the last page, in spite of my life raining...
A man who does not read miss great wisdom.
When we read too fast or too slowly, we understand nothing.
Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything.
The book is not an object on the table; it is an event in the reader's mind. It's a process, through which an idea in my mind triggers an idea, more-or-less corresponding, in yours. The words on the p...
You can be a writer who doesn't read everyday. But you're not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work.
Reading a book is an intimate experience that can change people's lives in profound ways. It also changes the life of its author.
Take a glass of wine while reading, your feet on the back of your slave. This is the best combination of pleasures that is.
Reading that pleases and profits, that together delights and instructs, has all that one should desire.
There is no greater joy than to share what you love with those who appreciate it.
It wasn't until I started writing that I found a whole new appreciation for reading.
Reading a book is like living a deep and fulfilling life. Watching a movie is like being a paralyzed person: watching others live their lives while you observe from the sidelines.
Read a good book every day. Books help to educate the soul. The mere joy of learning something new will instill the will to live in you.
You should've thought of that before becoming a fireman.Thought! he said. Was I given a choice? I was raised to think the best thing in the world to read. The best thing is television and radio and b...
I spend money on convenient, comfortable and luxurious things; I spend money on books too.
My interest in reading novels of various fiction was roused at a very early age. And the thought-provoking storylines of the great Donald Goines had been included in my very first library collection....
We are not reading books merely to check off a list or to be able to say we have read them. We are reading to grow as persons, to know more that we may understand more, and ultimately, it is to be hop...