Read with dedication to avoid becoming useless. — Kahlil Gibran
Reading compensates for the deficiencies of nature, while experience compensates for the deficiencies of reading. — Francis Bacon
Reading gives one pleasure, gives one luster, and gives one ability. — Francis Bacon
Books are ships of thought sailing through the waves of time, carefully transporting precious cargo from one generation to the next. — Francis Bacon
Reading makes a complete person; conference a ready person; and writing an exact person. — Francis Bacon
Setting one's ambition is the most important thing for a scholar. — Sun Yat-sen
Reading and learning are the process of building one's own thoughts and knowledge with the help of others' thoughts and knowledge. — Alexander Pushkin
When a great thought descends upon the world as a gospel, it becomes an offense to the masses bound by custom and convention, and appears as a foolish act to those who have read much but lack depth. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Books are the food of youth, they bring joy to the elderly, and serve as ornaments of prosperity and refuges in peril, comforting the soul. In the family, they are seeds of happiness; outside, they are no obstacle; and during travel, they are companions of the night. — Cicero
A book is a ship that takes us from narrow places to the infinite vast ocean of life. — Helen Keller