Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.
— Gustave Flaubert
Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live. — Gustave Flaubert
- There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
Bertrand Russell - Wikiquote
Be regular and orderly in your life so that you may be violent and original in your work. —Gustave Flaubert, French novelist
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organise Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
“Learn to divine books,” Emerson once advised a friend, “to feel those that you want without wasting much time. Remember you must know only the excellent of all that has been presented. But often a chapter is enough. The glance reveals what the gaze obscures...You only read to start your own team.”
Billy Oppenheimer • The Notecard System: Capture, Organize, and Use Everything You Read, Watch, and Listen To
You can't think well without writing well, and you can't write well without reading well.
Paul Graham • The Need to Read
