لقد غيرت القراءة مجرى حياتي تغييراً جذرياً ولم أكن أهدف من ورائها الى كسب أية شهادات لتحسين مركزي وانما كنت اريد ان احيا فكريا.

ان الناس لاتعرف ان كتابا واحدا كفيل بان يغير مجرى حياة الانسان.

My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.

I have often reflected upon the new vistas that reading has opened to me. I knew right there in prison that reading had changed forever the course of my life. As I see it today, the ability to read awoke inside me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.

In the hectic pace of the world today, there is no time for meditation, or for deep thought. A prisoner has time that he can put to good use. I’d put prison second to college as the best place for a man to go if he needs to do some thinking. If he’s motivated, in prison he can change his life.

لا يدرك الناس أن كتابا واحدا قد يغير حياة انسان

I knew right there in prison that reading had forever changed the course of my life.

My alma mater was books, a good library.