I cannot imagine a world without books – Commissioner Ylva Johansson
Words flow around us all the time, in tweets, blogs and messages on our mobiles. With a few keystrokes, you can communicate …
“Reading is a way of everyday life, it structures my daily time…” – Boris Zala
©All Rights reserved Not reading only but apprehension, understanding and usefulness are the main motives of my interest in books. That approach …
Catherine Stihler reading Lincoln’s speeches
©All Rights reserved The art of rhetoric is not dead and each time you read one of Lincoln’s speeches it inspires, enlightens …
Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Digital Economy & Society, reading Jaron Lanier’s “Who owns the future?”
“Who owns the future?”, a book by computer scientist and former Microsoft researcher “, is a must-read for anybody interested in a …
Neven Mimica, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, reading Pascal Mercier’s “Night Train to Lisbon”
It is not enough to travel to the far corners of the world. You’d better also travel to the far corners of …
Jonathan Hill, Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, caught reading Jane Austin
Jane Austen’s understanding of human nature is extraordinary: 200 years on, all her characters are instantly recognisable today. She writes the most …
“Reading is a window, which leads to knowledge”. – Martine Reicherts, Director-General of DG Education and Culture (DG EAC)
The Tao Te Ching is one of the founding texts of humanity and, more particularly, of spirituality. It is one of the …
“Reading is living. It is as simple as that. ” – Christos Stylianides, Commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management
Reading is living. It is as simple as that. “Thinking the Twentieth Century” by Tony Judt (with Timothy Snyder) “it is not …
“Keep reading and keep dreaming” – Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Reading is important to me because it has quite simply helped make me who I am today. I am an architect by …
“A good book inspires you throughout your entire life” – Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
A good book is the one that you can always return to in search of new meanings and dimensions. It is also …