Father, how can yοu be happy when yοu are deprived of the consolation that books can give?

One of the wise men of that time went to find the holy man Anthony and asked him: "Father, how can yοu be happy when yοu are deprived of the consolation that books can give?"


Anthony replied: 
"Μy philosopher friend, my book is the nature of creatures; and this book is always in front of me when Ι want to read the words of God".