You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul. --Swami Vivekananda

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Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.

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I can survive well enough on my own – if given the proper reading material.

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A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.

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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

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The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

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I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.

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Luggage carries clothes, but travel carries the soul.

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I finished a big book the other day. 421 pages. That’s a lot of coloring when you think about it. — Adam Sandler

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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

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