Quote by Phil R. Manning

Reading is an intelligent way of not having to think.

— Walter Moers

Reading without thinking will confuse you.Thinking without reading will place you in danger.

— Confucius

One of the greatest creations of the human mind is the art of reviewing books without having read them.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

“Reading without thinking is nothing, for a book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.”

— Louis L'Amour

You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading.

— James Patterson

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.

— Arthur Helps

Study without thought is vain: thought without study is dangerous.

— Confucious

Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.

— Anonymous

Reading is not optional.

— Walter Dean Myers

“To think without a proper amount of good reading is to limit our thinking to our own tiny plot of ground.”

— A.W. Tozer

Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.

— Arthur Schopenhauer