POWER OF READING BOOKS

Books can be considered as maker of treasures and destroyer of ignorance. They are store houses of accumulated information, which otherwise would have got destroyed by action of time. An intellectual book stirs up our minds and introduces us with new thoughts which our bounded thinking process cannot determine.

Every great personality have had been a voracious reader of books. They have rose up from ordinary condition to extra-ordinary stage by mixing themselves in good books.

Albert Einstein says, “The main purpose of education is to train the mind to think, for this reason it is priceless”. By devoting ourselves in good books, we add food to our thoughts and make our mind fully occupied. It dispels ignorance, scatters self-imposed limitations, motivates us, etc,
Power of books is that, in addition to thoughts expressed in it, it kindles thinking in readers. This is a reason for large number of books available at present.

Experiences of the people are carved in books:
Nature of books can be explained by small scientific inference. Usually a star exists for 10 billion years. How it is possible to study “the lifecycle of a star”? Since an average life of human is less than 100 years! This is possible by studying large number of stars existing in various stages of their life in universe. So, as a human it seems impossible to learn from our experience and our reasoning about various life experiences because our life time is small. So, by learning the stored information of experienced person in books, we can acquire more knowledge and idea of life.

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, a pioneer scientist, philosopher, the former president of India specified certain books for youths:
1.Everyday greatness by Stephen R. Covey
2.The weather makers by Tim Flannery
3.Empires of the mind by Danis Waitley
4.Journey into light by G. Venkataraman
5.A brief history of time by Stephen W. Hawking

QUOTES: Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers - Charles W. Eliot