Wonder is the beginning of wisdom in learning from books as well as from nature.
Теоретическую книгу читают и ставят на полку; а практическую — не только читают, но и следуют ей в жизни.
The books to be read should not be limited to those written in English…. Instead it should be devoted to the great works of history, biography, philosophy, theology, natural science, social science, and mathematics, as well as the… tradition of Western literature — in English translation… Its aim should not be a survey of Western civilization, but an effort to understand the basic ideas and issues in Western thought.
True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.
In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.