The Practice of Reading

We write to taste life twice; in the moment and in retrospect.

Books are idea containers and are a means of transmitting ideas. The oppressor made sure that the oppressed persons’ parents could not read. That is because books contain ideas, and the goal was to maintain oppression by the maintainace of ignorance.

Words – spoken and written – are the building blocks of life. You are, right now, the result of words that you have heard or read and believed about yourself. Books are every child’s birth right.

The best way to learn critical thinking is to learn how and what to write; And you can only be a good writer if you are equally a well-read reader. Critical thinking makes you act effectively in this world, it makes you win the battles you undertake. If you can critically think, speak and write; you will be absolutely unstoppable.

 

The fact of the power of written ideas communicated through reading is a foundational reason why some governments oppose free and honest communication. Illiterate people are easier to control and manipulate. They lack the ability do their own research and thinking. They rely on what they are told and how their emotions are swayed.

Writing is the most powerful contribution you can make not just to your generation but to all the generations after you die. Even makes it so important to practice a culture of reading.

Our aura of necromantical significance helps us to change and sends us off in search of our dreams. Yes, we are going to face difficulties, and we will experience many disappointments – but all of this is flitting; it leaves no permanent mark. One day we will look back with satisfaction and honour at the journey we have taken. 

“In my whole life, I have known NO wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time – none, zero.” - Charlie Munger