“Read not the Times, read the Eternities.”

“And read… read all the time… read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.”

“Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.”

“There is no proper time and place for reading. When the mood for reading comes, one can read anywhere”

“The great opposition to reading is what I allow to fill my time instead of reading. To say we have no time to read is not really true; we simply have chosen to use our time for other things, or have allowed our time to be filled to the exclusion of reading. So don't add reading to your to-do list. Just stop doing the things that keep you from doing it. But read.”

“If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated readings deserves to be read at all.”