Susan Devy

“THE FIRST STAGE OF ANALYTICAL READING, OR RULES FOR FINDING WHAT A BOOK IS ABOUT 1. Classify the book according to kind and subject matter. 2. State what the whole book is about with the utmost brevity. 3. Enumerate its major parts in their order and relation, and outline these parts as you have outlined the whole. 4. Define the problem or problems the author is trying to solve.”
― Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book

“Read much, but not many books!”
― Benjamin Franklin

“To use a good book as a sedative is conspicuous waste.”
― Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book

“A hadith states, “Anxiety is half of aging.” Another hadith states, “Righteousness will lengthen your life.”
― Hamza Yusuf, Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart