“We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.”

“If many great books seem unreadable and unintelligible … it may be because we have not for a long time learned to read by reading them. Great books teach people not only how to read them, but how to read all other books.”

Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899–1977) philosopher and university president

“Where is the book in which the teacher can read about what teaching is? The children themselves are this book. We should not learn to teach out of any book other than the one lying open before us and consisting of the children themselves.”

Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) Austrian esotericist

“I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.”

Roald Dahl (1916–1990) British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot and screenwriter

“Reading ideas improves,
reading stories entertains,
reading the news informs,
reading books teaches,
reading the song rhymes”

Josephs Quartzy (1999) Tanzanian actor

“We should read much, we should not read many books.”
Multum legendum esse, non multa.

Pliny the Younger (61–113) Roman writer

“We do not stand for a ban on the publication of the Quran. We take this opportunity to state unambiguously that we regard banning of books, religious or otherwise, as counterproductive. In the case of the Quran, we believe and advocate that more and more non-Muslims should read it so that they know first hand the quality of its teachings.”

Sita Ram Goel book The Calcutta Quran Petition

“What we have loved
Others will love
And we will teach them how.”

William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Romantic poet

“The truth is what the facts are, and that’s what we should teach.”

Aron Ra (1962) Aron Ra is an atheist activist and the host of the Ra-Men Podcast

“Don’t just teach your children to read…
Teach them to question what they read.
Teach them to question everything.”

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian