16 Quotes on Reading from Books

Hello and Welcome. This page is a collection of 16 quotes about Reading that I liked and saved from various books. I hope you will like these quotes too.

By the way, I am Deepak Kundu, an avid book reader, quotes collector and blogger.

Reading Quotes from The Almanack of Naval Ravikant book by Eric Jorgenson

  • The genuine love for reading itself, when cultivated, is a superpower. We live in the age of Alexandria, when every book and every piece of knowledge ever written down is a fingertip away. The means of learning are abundant – it’s the desire to learn that is scarce.
  • Read what you love until you love to read.
  • Reading a book isn’t a race – the better the book, the more slowly it should be absorbed.
  • Read everything you can. And not just the stuff that society tells you is good or even books that I tell you to read. Just read for its own sake. Develop a love for it. Even if you have to read romance novels or paperbacks or comic books. There’s no such thing as junk. Just read it all. Eventually, you’ll guide yourself to the things that you should and want to be reading.
  • Reading science, math, and philosophy one hour per day will likely put you at the upper echelon of human success within seven years.
  • I don’t want to read everything. I just want to read the 100 great books over and over again.

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Reading Quotes from Book Lovers book by Emily Henry

  • That’s what made me fall in love with reading: the instant floating sensation, the dissolution of real-world problems, every worry suddenly safely on the other side of some metaphysical surface.
  • The only two ways I’ve ever managed to get out of my head are through reading and rigorous exercise.

Reading Quotes from The 5 Types of Wealth book by Sahil Bloom

  • You may read thousands of books in your life, but there will be only a few that deeply change you. Reread them every single year. Your experience with the book will change as you do – you’ll get new perspectives. And doing this will remind you of how you can fall in love with the same thing (or person) over and over again.
  • History’s most successful people have all made a practice of creating space for reading, listening, learning, and thinking.

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Reading Quotes from The Cat Who Saved Books book by Sosuke Natsukawa

  • All the intellectual leaders of our time, such as myself, are constantly reading. It’s vital for us always to be brushing up on our philosophy and expanding our knowledge. Books have made me the man I am today. They’re my dear companions.
  • Reading a book is a lot like climbing a mountain. Reading isn’t only for pleasure or entertainment. Sometimes you need to examine the same lines deeply, read the same sentences over again. Sometimes you sit there, head in hands, only progressing at a painstakingly slow pace. And the result of all this hard work and careful study is that suddenly you’re there and your field of vision expands. It’s like finding a great view at the end of a long climbing trail.

Other Reading Quotes

  • Reading is the door to knowledge. Knowledge raises the yield of paddy. Knowledge combats poverty. Knowledge saves lives. – from The Covenant of Water book by Abraham Verghese
  • Wherever the TV glows, there sits someone who isn’t reading. – from The World According to Garp book by John Irving
  • She is so good at predicting what will happen in books, so bad at predicting what will happen in life. That is why she has always preferred books – because to be alive is much harder. – from The Wedding People book by Alison Espach
  • Books are filled with valuable knowledge that can help us do our jobs. When kept at our desk or on our bookshelves, they can give us inspiration or a sense of security. Reading them during lunch or coffee breaks can boost our motivation, and just displaying them can add a personal touch to our workspace. – from Joy at Work book by Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein