Classic Reasons (Zhou Guoping's Essays · The Joy of Reading): The Joy of Reading

Author: Zhou Guoping
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Publish Date: 2001-10-01
Features: Someone asked a mountain climber why he wanted to climb Mount Everest. The answer was, "Because it is there." Are other mountains not there? In his eyes, they indeed were not, he only saw the tallest mountain. Book lovers should also have such a belief; read only the best books. Let us read the best books, because it is there. Things done out of one's nature, that is, things done merely to satisfy the heart, are all happy by their very nature. Reading for pleasure only is a very high realm.