Books helps you build the habit of sitting quietly

Eric Hoffer was onto something when he said that, “A man by himself is in bad company.” This might be true initially, but we can grow ourselves out of this place. It takes hard work to become good company to ourselves. But if we read books, pause for reflection, and continually improve ourselves… we can develop the habit of sitting quietly in a room alone. By reading books, we build an inessential habit, which can help fight some of the greatest human challenges of our time:

“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone” — Blaise Pascal