When reading books, find the parts that can guide you to deeper understanding, and discard everything else that overloads your mind or distracts you from the main points.
I throw myself into books just as a hungry person throws themselves upon bread.
A person who claims to be capable of everything often masters nothing, and an expert who specializes in everything often specializes in nothing.
No one truly reads just for the sake of reading. Instead, people discover themselves in books, find themselves through books, or use books to reflect on themselves.
Reading is learning, excerpting is organizing, and writing is creating.
A wise person has long ears and a short tongue.
There is no entertainment more affordable than reading, nor any satisfaction more lasting.
A book full of mistakes may still be an interesting book; while a book without a single mistake may perhaps be extremely dull.
Reading and learning help us build our own thoughts and knowledge through the ideas and wisdom of others.
Books lead us into the finest societies and introduce us to the great thinkers of every era.
To have doubts where there seem to be no doubts is the way to make progress.
Reading is like eating; if you chew slowly and carefully, the flavor will last longer. If you swallow too quickly, you will never truly understand the taste.
The more I read, the closer books bring me to the world, and the brighter and more meaningful life becomes.
Reading does not depend on staying up late or rising early; progress is only hindered by inconsistency and lack of persistence.
The function of the mind is to think; through thinking, one gains understanding, and without thinking, one gains nothing.