There is absolutely no such thing as reading but by a candle. We have tried the affectation of a book at noon-day in gardens, and in sultry arbours, ….

When I see great boxers, it's like reading a wonderful poem..

You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice..

Many persons read and like fiction. It does not tax the intelligence and the intelligence of most of us can so ill afford taxation that we rightly we….

Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness..

If you enjoy reading something, read it..

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just..

I read a lot of literary theory when I was in graduate school, especially about novels, and the best book I ever read about endings was Peter Brooks'….

Your interests change. I used to feel that if I spent evenings reading, or watching a film, or just doing nothing up here at the house, I would proba….

Even the Quran, which Sufis respect as the direct speech of God, lacks the capacity to shed light upon God’s essence. As one Sufi master has argued, ….

Reading wasn't my religion - it was my oxygen..

The Sonnets of Shakespeare have the fascination of an autobiography, without its clarity. It is like reading an important document in a cave by the l….

Meditation is the one thing I do every day - meditate, pray. I do reading in the morning and try to center myself. I play music every day because tha….

You can't get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me..

I recommend the art of slow reading..

One of the things that's amazing about reading the private writing of these folks is that they enthusiastically describe things which we have now see….

My job is about the most fun thing I do, but I have a broad set of interests, going places, reading things, doing things..

My days are filled with work I love - reading poems, writing poems, talking with people about poems, teaching, directing a writing program, hosting r….

Much reading is like much eating -wholly useless without digestion..

One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate his conduct..

It's 5 P.M. at the office. Working fast, you've finished your tasks for the day and want to go home. But none of your colleagues have left yet, so yo….