Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Reading is an art form, and every man can be an artist.
Man is what he reads.
There's a remarkable power about reading together, reading collectively, that's brought out by reading groups.
On some level, I think we want our reading self to represent our best self.
He that loves reading has everything within his reach.
A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
The reader has to be creative when he's reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do a certain amount of work when he is reading.
The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.
The cool thing about reading is that when you read a short story or you read something that takes your mind and expands where your thoughts can go, that's powerful.
The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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