1. Love books. This is the fountain of knowledge! ——Gorky

2. I feel that when books tell me about characters, feelings, thoughts and attitudes that I have never heard of or seen before, it seems that every book opens a window in front of me. Opened my eyes to an incredible new world. ——Gorky

3. Reading is my only entertainment. I do not waste my time in hotels, gambling, or any kind of bad games; but I work as hard as necessary on my career. ——Franklin

4. When reading, I would like to stay in front of every beautiful thought, just like I stay in front of every truth. ——Emerson

5. Books are the nutrition of the world. Life without books is like a life without sunshine; wisdom without books is like a bird without wings. ——Shakespeare

6. Reading as a young man is like gazing at the moon through a gap; reading in middle age is like looking at the moon in a court; reading as an old man is like playing with the moon on the stage. All are based on the shallowness and depth of experience, and the shallowness and depth of what they have gained. ——Zhang Chao

7. My lifelong hobby, apart from revolution, is reading. If I don’t study for a day, I can’t live.

——Sun Yat-sen