A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.
“Speak against unconscious oppression, Speak against the tyranny of the unimaginative, Speak against bonds.”
I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn't irascible.
“No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.
Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.
If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good.