500 Quotes by Reading

It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good, but the well-reading of a few, could he be sure to have the best. And it is not possible to read over many on the same subject without a great deal of loss of precious time.

I’ve never known any trouble than an hour’s reading didn’t assuage.

You learn best by reading a lot and writing a lot, and the most valuable lessons of all are the ones you teach yourself.

No matter who you are, no matter where you live, and no matter how many people are chasing you, what you don’t read is often as important as what you do read.

We are the Bibles the world is reading; We are the creeds the world is needing; We are the sermons the world is heeding.

We never tire of the friendships we form with books.

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

Reading takes time, and the glass teat takes too much of it.

Keep reading. It’s one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have.