“The sentences in the book of providence are sometimes long, and you must read a great way before you understand their meaning.”

“Sometimes providences, like Hebrew letters, must be read backwards.”

“You are a small exclamation mark at the end of a very long and insignificant sentence in the book of history.”

“You cannot be afraid, Read the book. Smile at it. It's a great book-the greatest book you've ever read.”

“And when you love a book, commit one glorious sentence of it-perhaps your favorite sentence-to memory. That way you won't forget the language of the story that moved you to tears.”

“Learning is not by going to school, books is not by reading; but knowing what you went their for and understanding what you've read in those books.”

“Language does not extend to explaining the Way in detail, but it can be grasped intuitively. Study this book; read a word then ponder on it. If you interpret the meaning loosely you will mistake the Way.”

“Listen you have to read a book three times before you know it.”

“The books that help you most are those which make you think the most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.”

“Sometimes you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read that book.”