Check out the Spurgeon quote posted by Justin Taylor.This is another great statement on the value and importance of reading.Here’s a piece of the quote:

How rebuked are they by the apostle! He is inspired, and yet he wants books! He has been preaching at least for thirty years, and yet he wants books! He had seen the Lord, and yet he wants books! He had had a wider experience than most men, and yet he wants books! He had been caught up into the third heaven, and had heard things which it was unlawful for men to utter, yet he wants books! He had written the major part of the New Testament, and yet he wants books!