Ask yourself Quote by Mortimer Adler

The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.

— Umberto Eco

“It’s not that you expect anything in particular from this particular book. You’re the sort of person who, on principle, no longer expects anything…

— Italo Calvino

Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it…

— Umberto Eco

If you ask a living teacher a question, he will probably answer you. If you are puzzled by what he says, you can save…

— Anonymous

If you are a conscious human being who has opinions about the world, then you will unconsciously put your own perspective into the book.

— Ransom Riggs

The book is an experience that allows you to witness your feelings without having to surrender to them, to succumb to them, or to…

— Michael Silverblatt

I'm very much afraid I didn't mean anything but nonsense. Still, you know, words mean more than we mean to express when we use…

— Lewis Carroll

Neither is a dictionary a bad book to read. There is no can't in it, no excess of explanation, and it is full of…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“any book in the world - if there was only one way to read and understand it, what would be the point of reading…

— Kate Milford

“A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.…

— Henry Ward Beecher

if a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading.

— Paulo Coelho

“A book can never be anything more than the impress of its author's thoughts; and the value of these will lie either in the…

— Arthur Schopenhauer