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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. - Joseph Addison

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Joseph Addison

Fitness, Mind, Exercise

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. - Benjamin Franklin

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. Benjamin Franklin

Writing, Either

The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading. - David Bailey

The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading. David Bailey

Knowledge, Advice, Ever

I never feel lonely if I've got a book - they're like old friends. Even if you're not reading them over and over again, you know they are there. And they're part of your history. They sort of tell a story about your journey through life. Emilia Fox

Book, Through, Part

You learn more about life from watching 'Big Brother' than from reading a book. John de Mol, Jr.

Learn, Big Brother, Big

I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that in every new minute that passes you have an opportunity to change that. Gillian Anderson

Change, New, Having

Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well. - Mark Haddon

Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well. Mark Haddon

Book, Books, Listens

Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth. So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were 'reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.' Neil deGrasse Tyson

Education, Fact, Other

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. - Francis Bacon

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. Francis Bacon

Writing, Ready, Conference

Any time women come together with a collective intention, it's a powerful thing. Whether it's sitting down making a quilt, in a kitchen preparing a meal, in a club reading the same book, or around the table playing cards, or planning a birthday party, when women come together with a collective intention, magic happens. Phylicia Rashad

Birthday, Women, Magic

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

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

Good, Living, Basic

Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty. Colin Powell

Education, Self-Respect

Do activities you're passionate about - which make your heart and soul feel perky - including things like working out, cooking, painting, writing, yoga, hiking, walking, swimming, being in nature, being around art, or reading inspiring books. Karen Salmansohn

Soul, Passionate, About

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence. - Edith Sitwell

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence. Edith Sitwell

Music, Listening, Hobbies

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first. Harry S Truman

Victory, Over, Lives

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him. John Locke

Education, Begins

He that loves reading has everything within his reach. - William Godwin

He that loves reading has everything within his reach. William Godwin

Education, Within, His

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. Will Rogers

Rest, Observation, Learn

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. - Mark Twain

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. Mark Twain

Health, Die, Be Careful

Travel stories teach geography; insect stories lead the child into natural science; and so on. The teacher, in short, can use reading to introduce her pupils to the most varied subjects; and the moment they have been thus started, they can go on to any limit guided by the single passion for reading. Maria Montessori

Use, Natural Science, Pupils

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. - Ray Bradbury

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. Ray Bradbury

Burn, Stop, Books

The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty. Pablo Neruda

Inspirational, Deep, Thought

My childhood dream was to study mechanical engineering. After reading 'The Mysterious Island' - which I read 25 times as a boy - I thought that was the best thing a person could do. The engineer in the book knows mechanics and physics, and he creates a whole way of life on the island out of nothing. I wanted to be like that. Dan Shechtman

Book, Thought, Study

By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet. Thomas Merton

Nature, Feet, Feel

Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no older ones. Literacy will be dead, and democracy - which many believe goes hand in hand with it - will be dead as well. Margaret Atwood

Practice, Young, Dead

A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people. Will Rogers

Learning, Other, Ways

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