Reading Quotes

If you get into the mental habit of relating what you’re reading to the basic structure of the underlying ideas being demonstrated, you gradually accumulate some wisdom.

If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.

The way to chastity is not to struggle directly with incontinent thoughts but to avert the thoughts by some imployment, or by reading, or meditating on other things.

I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who’s trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.

In the books I read the sinners are always more interesting than the saints, and in real life good people are dismally dull. I’ve no desire to be wicked, but I do want to be happy. A short life and a gay one for me and I’m willing to pay for my pleasure if it is necessary.

What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.

Of course reading and thinking are important but, my God, food is important too.

Do not ever read books about versification: no poet ever learnt it that way. If you are going to be a poet, it will come to you naturally and you will pick up all you need from reading poetry.

The more you read the Bible; and the more you meditate on it, the more you will be astonished with it.

We take it for granted we know the whole story – We judge a book by its cover and read what we want between selected lines.