Knowledge Quote by Marcus Aurelius

“take care, in reading the writings of philosophers or hearing their speeches, that you do not attend to words more than things, nor get…

— Plutarch

“To read narrowly and shallowly is to read from a place of ignorance,”

— Roxane Gay

“Indeed, if we read merely to stock our head with ideas, to feel superior to others, or to appear learned, then our reading is…

— J Oswald Sanders

“Concentration is another name for what we have called activity in reading. The good reader reads actively, with concentration.”

— Mortimer J. Adler

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.…

— Francis Bacon

Some read for style, and some for argument: one has little care about the sentiment, he observes only how it is expressed; another regards…

— Samuel Johnson

“rising familiarity with a text and fluency in reading it can create an illusion of mastery.”

— Peter C. Brown

“The idea that reading is a moral quality has unhappily led many conscientious persons to renounce their innocuous dalliance with light literature for more…

— Edith Wharton

“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials for knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.”

— Anonymous

“Reading is the least laborious of all the tasks that fall to the student's lot.”

— Quintilian

“Reading gives your knowledge and knowledge is power, which helps you live your life better”

— Anonymous

If one reads too quickly or too slowly, one understands nothing.

— Paul de Man