“The greatest gift is the passion for reading.
It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites,
it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind.
It is a moral illumination.”

“Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for miseries and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.”

“Attention: the world of entertainment illuminates, excites… it destroys.”

“Reading opens our minds and gives us knowledge. That knowledge will only be tested through our life experiences.”

“One of the greatest gifts you can give is
your undivided attention.”

“Believing in yourself is the greatest gift you can give to your life.”

“I think reading is a gift. It was a gift that was given to me as a child by many people, and now as an adult and a writer, I'm trying to give a little of it back to others. It's one of the greatest pleasures I know.”

“The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.”

“The greatest gift you can ever give another person is your own happiness”

“The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself.”