Reading

If you want perfect books, there will probably be no books in the world that can be read. If you want perfect people, there will only be a limited number of people in the world worthy of living. ——Lu Xun

The purpose of writing some books seems not to teach us anything, but just to let us know what the author knows. ——Goethe

One of the strangest things in the world is that you can read a page or many pages while thinking about something completely unrelated. ——Christian? Don’t hate Stein.

Reading can open up new ideas, get rid of disdain, gain new knowledge, increase knowledge, broaden your horizons, and nourish your soul. ——Lin Yutang

The prerequisite for reading good books is not to read bad books, because time flies and life is short. ——Schopenhauer

Books are like food. Some only need a light taste, others can be swallowed. Only a few need to be chewed carefully and savored slowly. ——French Bacon

Reading all the excellent classics is like having a conversation with the noblest figures of the past era, and it is a carefully prepared conversation. What these great men show us in their conversations is nothing but the essence of their thoughts. ——Descartes

Reading is to build one's own thoughts with the help of other people's thoughts. ——Lu Bajin

Developing the habit of reading is equivalent to building a shelter for yourself, which can avoid almost all disasters in life.

——Maugham