Reading opens doors
ET CONTRIBUTORS July 12, 2025 06:00 AM
Synopsis

Shaikh Saadi's quote, inscribed at Tehran University library, compares books to gardens, highlighting their ability to provide abundance, beauty, and tranquility. Books offer solace, inspiration, and expand horizons, engaging imagination and challenging perspectives. Behavioural psychologists suggest that even the mere presence of books can have a therapeutic effect, offering positive and pious vibes.

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At the entrance of Tehran University library are inscribed Shaikh Saadi's words: 'A book is a garden carried in the pocket.' Saadi's thought captures the essence of a book and its transformative power. Comparing a book to a garden, he implies that just like a garden, a book is a source of abundance, beauty and tranquillity. It is an oasis that we carry with us wherever we go, allowing us to escape, explore and enrich our minds.

Much like a garden, books can provide us with solace and inspiration, nurturing our souls and expanding our horizons. They offer a place where ideas and emotions can bloom, engaging our imagination and challenging our perspectives. Saadi reminds us of the vastness and potential that lie within the pages of a book, urging us to appreciate the portable treasure trove of knowledge.

Behavioural psychologists believe that even the sight of books can have a therapeutic effect on a person. It's been found that even if you don't read or pick a book, a quiet sitting or a stroll through a library will make you feel good.

A book is a shrine that you carry and get positive and pious vibes from. Reading is the sole means by which we slip into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul. When you read a good book, somewhere in the world, a door opens to allow in more light. Books are a uniquely portable magic.
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