From where I stand, reading is not important for us; it is utmost important. I don't say this just for the sake of using a cliche, but because, based on my personal experience and on various researches conducted by multiple scholars, I came to the conclusion that reading a reasonable number of pages daily, can help our brains and intellect to develop much faster, in fact, reading act as a catalyst for our intellectual development, enhancing, broadening and polishing our knowledge.