Consideration Quote by Mortimer J. Adler

“Read Not to Contradict Or Confute Nor To Believe Or Take For Granted But To Weigh And Consider Oh the side of my high…

— Anonymous

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

“Reading in no way obliges us to understand.”

— Jacques Lacan

“You have not read till you understand the spirit of the matter.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“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

“We can prevent reading: but in the decree that forbids reading there will be still read something of the truth that we would wish…

— Italo Calvino

“Instead of doubting, document what you see, reflect on it, and if you see symbols, interpret them and document your interpretations.”

— Natalie Nolan

“To read with diligence; not to rest satisfied with a light and superficial knowledge, nor quickly to assent to things commonly spoken of:”

— Marcus Aurelius

“One reads so as not to believe everything one reads.”

— Aaron Haspel

Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.

— Aneurin Bevan

“Give yourself unto reading. The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will…

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“Reading is on the threshold of the spiritual life; it can introduce us to it; it does not constitute it.”

— Marcel Proust