Reading can cultivate a complete person, conversation can train an agile mind, while writing can produce a precise one. — Francis Bacon
If the days of my childhood could return, I would certainly not waste my time; I would spend every minute and second reading. — Rabindranath Tagore
Study for the rise of China. — Zhou Enlai
Chiseling a wall to steal light, gathering fireflies into a bag; enduring poverty to read, like Che Yin and Kuang Heng. — Xu Mingkui
The more one reads, the less remains in the mind; the two are inversely proportional. If one reads too much, the mind becomes like a blackboard covered densely and repeatedly with chalk marks. — Arthur Schopenhauer
The purpose of seeking knowledge is to apply it; the prerequisite for reading is humility. — Book Excerpt
One should think independently and make one's own judgment when reading. — Lu Xun
Having time to read and having books to read is happiness; having no time to read and no books to read is misery. — Mo Ye
When reading, I wish to pause before every beautiful thought, just as I would pause before every truth. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If one starts and stops, working one day and resting ten, then even if one reads for a hundred years, I have not seen how that could be worthwhile. — Wu Mengxiang