Dear Book Friend,
I hope you had a productive week. I hope you're picking up knowledge that will help you improve personally. I hope you see reasons to live and positively change the world around you.
Inspiring quotes about books and reading are the focus of this week's journal. Reading is a wonderful activity. Reading has always been essential to human existence and survival. It is how people exchange information and ideas. We have made advancements in the realms of technology, health, engineering, and even society through the cross-pollination of ideas drawn from extensive reading.
Why you should read.
Reading increases your vocabulary as it helps you express yourself better.
Reading stimulates your mind and improves your mental health. Your brain is like a muscle.
Reading makes you empathic.
Reading can be transformative. It transforms your mind and thoughts. For example, we can see how reading transformed the life of Ben Carson.
Reading helps in stress reduction and also depression.
Reading books is an easy way to look after your mind and body.
Whether you’re an avid reader or wish you read more, we hope you enjoy these 14 quotes about books and reading!
Quotes About Books.
"I read books" - Elon Musk (When asked how he learned to build rockets).
"Each book you read not only teaches you something new, but also opens us different ways of thinking about old ideas. As Warren Buffet says 'That's how knowledge works. It builds us, like compound interest'."
_ James Clear
"The difference between where you are today and where you'll be five years from now will be found in the quality of books you've read."
_ Jim Rohn
"If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book."
_ J.K. Rowling
"One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time."
_ Carl Sagan
"I love books. I adore everything about them. I love the feel of the pages on my fingertips. They are light enough to carry, yet so heavy with worlds and ideas. I love the sound of the pages flicking against my fingers. Print against fingerprints. Books make people quiet, yet they are so loud."
_ Nnedi Okorafor
"If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it."
_ Toni Morrison
Quotes About Reading.
"The genuine love for reading itself, when cultivated is a superpower."
_ Naval Ravikant
"Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write."
_ Annie Proulx
"Reading brings us unknown friends."
_ Honore de Belzac
"Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true."
_ Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."
_ Joseph Addison
"Teach her to read and love books. Books will help her understand and question the world, help her express herself, and help her in whatever she wants to become."
_ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries."
_ Rene Descartes
In conclusion, the knowledge discovered in book pages forms the basis for all the advancements we have made so far. Therefore, it is safe to state that learning to read is one skill you must acquire if you want to have a head start in life. If it's not something you naturally do, make every effort to develop this habit. It can open new worlds for you.
Your Book Friend,
Christopher.
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