“By reading can make you more clever”— Herman Sahdi Related Quotes “In unremarkable texts we soon trip on phrases that penetrate into us, as if a sword has thrust up to its hilt inside us.”— Nicolás Gómez Dávila “I have good reason to be content,for thank God I can read andperhaps understand Shakespeare to his depths.”— John Keats “Make wise choices about what you read. Read only what is necessary or worthwhile. And then take the time to read carefully. One book read with concentration and reflected upon is worth a hundred flashed through without any absorption at all.”— Eknath Easwaran