- We tend to discriminate between books by great authors with bulky hardcovers as “great books” and those sold in convenience stores as “not so great books”.
- The value of a book to you is determined by what you can produce by applying the knowledge you gain from reading it.
- Even if you read a famous book by a great man and memorize the entire text, it is not useful unless you can apply it and make it useful in your life. - Knowledge must be proven by deeds.
- A book that should be chewed and digested well is not the only book
- [Reading is about getting others to think about things.
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