A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems.

I think you should read everything you can. In my case, by the age of 10, I'd read every book in the Omaha public library about investing, some twice. You need to fill your mind with various competing thoughts and decide which make sense.

The cool thing about reading is that when you read a short story or you read something that takes your mind and expands where your thoughts can go, that's powerful.

I'm mad about good books, can't get my fill .

Read 500 pages every day. That's how knowledge works. It builds up like compound interest.

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind.