Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.

When you read the Gospels, do not seek enjoyment, do not search for exalted feelings, do not try to find brilliant thoughts. Seek instead to perfectly see holy Truth.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.

When you read sutras don't seek to understand them. Stay in touch with precisely what they are eliciting in terms of experience in you.

Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you.

Absorb what is said as you read but endeavor not to hold on to it or think about it. Read in the moment and each step will take you closer to complete self-knowledge.

If thou desire to profit, read with humility, simplicity, and faithfulness; nor even desire the repute of learning.

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.

Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read.

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted...but to weigh and consider.

Do not content yourself with unproductive reading of the Gospels; strive to fulfill its commandments, read it with deeds. This is the book of life, and one must read it with one's life.

You are what you read.

... when thou readest scripture, be wise and circumspect: ...

Believe everything you read