Mortimer J. Adler

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.

True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

. . . a good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better; you also learn more about life. You become wiser. Not just more knowledgeable - books that provide nothing but information can produce that result. But wiser, in the sense that you are more deeply aware of the great and enduring truths of human life.

The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom in learning from books as well as from nature.

The great authors were great readers, and one way to understand them is to read the books they read.