Americans cannot realize how many chances for mental improvement they lose by their inveterate habit of keeping six conversations when there are twelve in the room.

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Ideas are the root of creation.

Ideas are the root of creation.

All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy.

All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciousness varying with readers.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciousness varying with readers.

Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate chastisement

Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate chastisement

Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking.

Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking.

Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the...

Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the...

Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the...

Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the...

Ideas are the root of creation.

Ideas are the root of creation.

Reading, to most people, means an ashamed way of killing time disguised under a dignified...

Reading, to most people, means an ashamed way of killing time disguised under a dignified...

If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you...

If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you...

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.

Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the...

Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the...

It's important to read because it's really good for your vocabulary. It's really good for...

It's important to read because it's really good for your vocabulary. It's really good for...

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole...

The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole...

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you...

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and...

A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and...

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary...

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary...

Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important,...

Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important,...