Children Quote by William Penn

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the…

— William Penn

“Dehaene even allows himself a few moments of (justifiable) annoyance at the way that "childhood reading experts" continue their debates about the best strategies…

— Alan Jacobs

“Distrust the book which reads too easily because such writing appeals more to the senses than to the intellect. Hard reading exercises the mind.”

— John P. Marquand

“A literary expert friend once told me that the way to teach your child to love and respect reading is not to read to…

— Karen Karbo

Some people there are who, being grown; forget the horrible task of learning to read. It is perhaps the greatest single effort that the…

— John Steinbeck

“Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in…

— George Fillmore Swain

“It is strange that there should be so little reading in the world, and so much writing. People in general do not willingly read,…

— Samuel Johnson

“Reading, by its very nature, is an admission of defeat, a ritual of self-humiliation: it shows that you believe other lives are more interesting…

— Michel Faber

“Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings what needs he elsewhere…

— John Milton

“I believe that children in this country need a more robust literary diet than they are getting. …It does not hurt them to read…

— Barbara Cooney

“Reading is of great service towards procuring recollection in any one who proceeds in this way; and it is even necessary for him, however…

— St. Teresa Of Avila

“Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to [the words of the wise]. Of making many books there is no end, and much…

— Ecclesiastes 12:12