18 Knowledge Quotes About Reading, Books

1. "Reading maketh a full man." (Francis Bacon) Click to tweet

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2. "In my whole life, i have known no wise people who didn’t read all the time – none, zero." (Charlie Munger) Click to tweet

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3. "Read 500 pages every day. That’s how knowledge works. It builds up like compound interest." (Warren Buffett) Click to tweet

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4. "I read all kinds of stuff that i disagree with because they’re mind bending." (Naval Ravikant) Click to tweet

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5. "Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting." (Edmund Burke) Click to tweet

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6. "The best advice i ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading." (David Bailey) Click to tweet

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7. "Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly." (Francis Bacon) Click to tweet

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8. "Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours." (John Locke) Click to tweet

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9. "To train your body, lift increasingly heavier weights. To train your mind, read increasingly tougher books." (Johnny Uzan) Click to tweet

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10. "Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand." (Ezra Pound) Click to tweet

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11. "Events in life mean nothing if you do not reflect on them in a deep way, and ideas from books are pointless if they have no application to life as you live it." (Robert Greene) Click to tweet

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12. "Knowledge is like food. You can’t just consume it. You have to digest it. Instead of reading more books, get more from the books you’re already reading." (David Perell) Click to tweet

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13. "People start tough books with high hopes. They get to the messy part, feel inadequate, and quit. Only the desperate for knowledge carry forward, destroying their insecurity by force of will." (Johnny Uzan) Click to tweet

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14. "Understanding 10% of a hard book isn’t bad. It may gave you the grounding to understand 20% of the next book you read in that area. Deep knowledge is a mosaic. It is put together piece by piece."Click to tweet

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15. "Reading widely allows you to be in conversation with the great minds of history. What would cicero think? How would nietzsche respond to that? Where would wilde find a joke in this? The mind is peopled with those you welcome into it."Click to tweet

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16. "For people who hoard knowledge, reading is like a drug. They need a constant supply of new books. One must ask oneself what is the end of knowledge. Aside from the pleasure of reading, the purpose of knowledge is to help us live and grow. It is not a substitute for life itself."Click to tweet

17. "If you don’t apply your knowledge and are addicted to reading just for the sake of pleasure, then your reading habit is little different from other forms of entertainment. Knowledge is never going to change you substantially unless you actively implement it in your daily life."Click to tweet

18. "Reading is not a chore. Reading is theft. It is a robbery. Someone smarter than you has spent 20 years beating their head against the wall trying to solve the problem you’re dealing with. You can steal that hard won knowledge and make it yours. That is power."Click to tweet