“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 …
Pierre Moscovici, Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, reading Italo Svevo’s “La Conscience de Zeno”
I am a part of the sect of Zeno’s admirers. This book, renowned and unsung at the same time, is both happy …
“Books stir feelings, open horizons, foster awareness, and create pictures in our minds”. – Bertel Geismar Haarder, Minister for Culture of Denmark
Books stir feelings, open horizons, foster awareness, and create pictures in our minds. The world of literature gives us the experience of …
“Books belong to my daily routine: novels, poems, non-fiction.” – Viviane Reding, Member of the European Parliament
Books belong to my daily routine: novels, poems, non-fiction. Two out of three I usually read in parallel. Such as the excellent …
“Transmitting the passions for reading and for writing remains the true cultural battle” – Silvia Costa, Member of the European Parliament
Reading a book. To me, it represents a spiritual adventure, a space of freedom, a creative inspiration, a dialogue that spreads through …
“A great book leaves the reader with an impression that it makes you wiser” – Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President of the European Commission
A great book leaves the reader with an impression that it makes you wiser, with inspiration from other people’s life experiences. …
“Reading is a door to unknown horizons” – Sylvie Guillaume, Vice-President of the European Parliament
Reading is a door to unknown horizons, an opportunity for us to discover the meaning of alterity. At a time when, thanks …