Books Quote by Stanislaw Lem

“No one reads to know, but to forget”

— Emil Cioran

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

— Paul de Man

“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

“A man who possesses the art of correct reading will … instinctively and immediately perceive everything which in his opinion is worth permanently remembering,…

— HITLER

Read! Read all the time, the understanding will come by itself.

— Paul Celan

“. . . according to Lem's Law, 'No one reads; if someone does read, he doesn't understand; if he understands, he immediately forgets' --…

— Stanislaw Lem

One can read every book ever written, but it means nothing if one does not comprehend the message.

— Frederick A Babb

One can only continue to expect to be read if one omits everything that is unimportant.

— Albert Einstein

“Reading doesn't mean accepting everything you read, it means reasoning everything you read.”

— Amit Kalantri

If readers understand that they do not understand what they are reading then they must possess an understanding which is superior to the meaning…

— Arlo Guthrie

“When we read, another person thinks for us: we merely repeat his mental process. It is the same as the pupil, in learning to…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

A person who does not read is no better than one cannot read.

— Earl Nightingale