It s a question that has been debated down the ages.

Many centuries have passed, b ut people have still not found the right answer for that question: Are books mor e important than experience? Many people prefer experience to books because they favour specific skills over theoretical ideas. In my opinion, books plays more significant role in the court of human life than experience do. Firstly, books bring reader pleasure which experience itself coud not help. In t he past, many scholars, scientists, politicians and ordinary people regarded boo ks as a source of entertainment. In addition, by reading books over hours to hou rs quietly, readers learn, practise and gain self-discipline, one of characteris tics that matter most in our lives. Secondly, books are superior to experience because book is the wisdom bag of man kind. In a sense, book is the bridge of thinking between generations to generati ons. It would not wrong if we consider the history of mankind is the history of books due to the fact that book was invented in very early age. Knowledge from b ooks varies in numerous fields: culture, polistic, history, sport therefore, books cover huge and comprehensive knowledge that has been accumulated during the lon g history of human. Therefore, people gain maximum benefit from books by studyin g them. In contrast, experience exists in small fragment that one has accumulate d during his life. Sometimes, knowledge from experience can only be applied for specific idividual in particular place at right time. Frankly speaking, experien ce cannot play a role as the wisdom bag of mankind as books do and experience it self cannot gain huge benefit for humand as the whole like books do. Thirdly, in a sense, book is the collection of experience that is summarized, ca tegorized into concrete words in a systematic layout. By reading books, readers aquire maximum knowledge by minimum time. Moreover, books not only teach people how to avoid mistakes and dangers but also instruct them to do the right things. That is why books have developed in various shape and size. Today, billions peo ple read books everyday in million libraries. Amongs them, there are also the el derly who have much experience in life. However, some may hold an opinion that experience is more important than books b y showing that people cannot learn how to either swim until they get into water or drive until they sit on front seat. That is true, nevertheless, for most peop le either swimmers, cook, or drivers etc, before the very first experience, they have to read instruction books. That is the way that wise men do. Inconclusion people can acquire knowledge from two great resources available whi ch are books and experience. However books play more vital role compared to expe rience.