1. Books are the life of our time - Belinsky
2. Books are a huge power - Lenin 3. Books are the ladder of human progress - Gorky
4. Books are the president of human knowledge - Shakespeare
5. Books are the treasure house of human thoughts - Ushinsky
6. Books - The world's treasure - Thoreau
Reasons for reading: The meaning of reading is to make people open-minded, more understanding, not stubborn, not paranoid. 3. There may not be a golden house in the book, but there must be a better self and more choices. 4. Where footsteps cannot reach, words can; where eyes cannot reach, words can.