"Master those books you have. Read them..." - Quote by Charles Spurgeon
Master those books you have. Read them thoroughly. Bathe in them until they saturate you. Read and re-read them...digest them...a student will find that his mental constitution is more affected by one book thoroughly mastered than by 20 books he has merely skimmed.
More by Charles Spurgeon
“It needs more skill than I can tellTo play the second fiddle well.”
“You say, 'On the off chance that I had somewhat more, I ought to be exceptionally fulfilled.' You commit an error. On the off chance that you are not content with what you have, you would not be fulfilled in the event that it were multiplied.”
“No matter how dear you are to God, if pride is harboured in your spirit, He will whip it out of you. They that go up in their own estimation must come down again by His discipline”
More on Reading
“I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book. ANOTHER VERSION I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. ANOTHER VERSION I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go in the other room and read a book.”
“I do not know whether you are fond of chemical reading. There are some things in this science worth reading.”
“The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.”
More on Learning
“I was not proud of what I had learned but I never doubted that it was worth knowing.”
“Genius has no youth, but starts with the ripeness of age and old experience.”
“I make plenty of mistakes and I'll make plenty more mistakes, too. That's part of the game. You've just got to make sure that the right things overcome the wrong ones.”