Technological fruits such as audiobooks are food for the illusion that we can really do more than one thing at the same time.

Because of ignorance, we often attribute to good genes—and therefore good luck—fruits of things such as exercise, reading, meditation, and fasting.

Even a book that is made up of only untruths can greatly improve us intellectually.

You can own a billion books and still be ignorant.

We are improved by reading books not by owning them.

It takes courage to knowingly read a book that is challenging some of your cherished beliefs.

It is impossible to become the best version of yourself if you do not read, exercise, and meditate.

You are more likely to find three TVs inside a randomly selected house than you are to find a single book that is or was not read to pass an exam, to please God, or to be a better cook.

It is often a result of growth not to be known by someone who once knew you.