
The Imperative to Read

Emily Dickinson
I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word.

Ezra Pound
Properly, we should read for power.

Ezra Pound
Man reading should be man intensely alive.

Ezra Pound
The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Read at every wait;

Marcus Tullius Cicero
read at all hours;

Marcus Tullius Cicero
read within leisure;

Marcus Tullius Cicero
read in times of labor;

Marcus Tullius Cicero
read as one goes in;

Marcus Tullius Cicero
read as one goest out.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
The task of the educated mind is simply put:

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Read to lead.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Read in order to live.