500 Quotes by Reading

Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down the dulcimer. Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.

The only palliative is to keep the clean sea breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds, and this can be done only by reading old books.

Reading begets reading.

My doctors told me this morning my blood pressure is down so low that I can start reading the newspapers.

Sleep is good, he said, And books are better.

Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.

Books were my pass to personal freedom.

If we commit ourselves to reading thus increasing our knowledge, only God limits how far we can go in this world.

Life is hard, and a lot of people come home tired from work. If they’re gonna spend half an hour reading, they want some entertainment and a sense of achievement. So that’s what I give them. That’s all I’m trying to do. Is that really so wrong?