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The act of true reading is in its very essence democratic. Consider the nature of what happens when we read a book - and I mean, of course, a work of literature, not an instruction manual or a textbook - in private, unsupervised, un-spied-on, alone. It isn't like a lecture: it's like a conversation. There's a back-and-forthness about it. The book proposes, the reader questions, the book responds, the reader considers. We bring our own preconceptions and expectations, our own intellectual qualities, and our limitations, too, our own previous experiences of reading, our own temperament, our own hopes and fears, our own personality to the encounter. ↗
We are so overwhelmed with quantities of books, that we hardly realize any more that a book can be valuable, valuable like a jewel, or a lovely picture, into which you can look deeper and deeper and get a more profound experience very time. It is far, far better to read one book six times, at intervals, than to read six several books. ↗
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A Book “Now” - said a good book unto me - “Open my pages and you shall see Jewels of wisdom and treasures fine, Gold and silver in every line, And you may claim them if you but will Open my pages and take your fill. “Open my pages and run them o’er, Take what you choose of my golden store. Be you greedy, I shall not care - All that you seize I shall gladly spare; There is never a lock on my treasure doors, Come - here are my jewels, make them yours! “I am just a book on your mantel shelf, But I can be part of your living self; If only you’ll travel my pages through, Then I will travel the world with you. As two wines blended make better wine, Blend your mind with these truths of mine. “I’ll make you fitter to talk with men, I’ll touch with silver the lines you pen, I’ll lead you nearer the truth you seek, I’ll strengthen you when your faith grows weak - This place on your shelf is a prison cell, Let me come into your mind to dwell! ↗
حينما لا تملك القدرة على المكوث بزمن الجهل والإنحطاط ! وحينما يصعب عليك أن تقف في مسرح الحياة كالشيطان الأخرس العاجز عن التفوه بكلمة الحق ، وحينما تختلف بمبادئك عنهم ! وحينما يغفو الضمير بداخلهم .. بل قد يكون في سبات عميق أبداً لا يفيق بينما ضميرك أنت ! حي أينما كنت .. بينما ضميرك يعجز أن يأخذ قيلولته بعيداً عن عقلك ، بعيداً عن نفسك ، بعيداً عن نبضك ! عندها تكون ياعزيزي أقرب إلى الجنون ، ↗
