You Are What You Read

From President Gordon B. Hinkley's book Stand a Little Taller

A great man was once asked which one of all the books he had read had most affected his life.  His response was that he could no more remember the books he had read than he could remember the meals he had eaten, but they had made him.  All of us are products of the elements to which we are exposed.  We can give direction to those elements and thereby improve the result.  Make every effort to enrich your environment with the reading of good books.

Five Blessings of Reading

From BYU Magazine, Summer 2011

1. In reading, we experience one of the greatest pleasures human life can afford us; books sweeten, nourish, brighten, and enrich our lives.
2. Books enable us to live more lives than the one allotted and allow us to experience impossible adventures.
3. Books help us to process, order, and understand our personal experience and gain perspectives on others' lives.
4. Books enable us to see outcomes where we presently see only possibilities; solutions where we presently see only dilemmas; direction where we presently see only impasse.
5. Books allow us an opportunity to learn how to discern the Holy Spirit and respond to its promptings.