من لا يريد القراءة ليس بأفضل ممن لا يستطيع القراءة

The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

Read. Everything you can get your hands on. Read until words become your friends. Them when you need to find one, they will jump into your mind, waving their hands for you to pick them. And you can select whichever you like, just like a captain choosing a stickball team.

I feel free and strong. If I were not a reader of books I could not feel this way. Whatever may happen to me, thank God that I can read, that I have truly touched the minds of other men.

Those who don't read good books have no advantage over those who can't.