Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
The more you read, the more things you will know.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body and prayer is to the soul.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.
Love of books is the best of all.
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island...
It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations- something that will help them make sense of their own lives and encourage them to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different from their own.
It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
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