About this quote

Owning a library card or having instant access to millions of pages means nothing if you spend your free hours scrolling mindlessly. You are essentially choosing voluntary ignorance. Why possess a superpower like literacy if you refuse to use it? Growth demands that you actively feed your mind, not just let your abilities sit there gathering dust. Pick up something challenging today and actually read it.

When to use it

• My colleague refuses to read any industry updates or new manuals, relying entirely on old habits. I told him he is basically operating at the same level as someone who can't read at all.
• When my brother bought a complex financial asset without reading the terms, I reminded him that having the document in his hands is useless if he chooses to ignore the words on the page.
• I noticed my teenager bought several books just to stack them on her shelf for aesthetics. I sat her down and explained that unread books are just expensive bricks.
• My gym partner keeps asking me how to fix his diet but refuses to read the nutritional guides I send him. I told him his literacy is wasted if he won't use it to help himself.