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The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to you at the moment when you are reading. I do not mean the book that is most instructive, but the book that feeds your spirit. And that depends on your age, your experience, your psychological and spiritual need.

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman.

I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.

A good book is a good book. End of story.

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.

Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read.

All my books reflect travel adventures of some kind, and all have a soul: a spiritual or mystical underpinning.

I think books with spiritual themes simply point to the deeper mysteries of life - to what lies beyond us, to what's hidden inside of us, or perhaps to an understanding of what truly matters.

Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.