Advice from the Shaykh on reading and understanding in the pursuit of knowledge

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, on the occasion of the book fair, are there specific books that you advise acquiring?

Answer:
We do not complain about a scarcity of books. Books have now filled the houses; they have become a source of boasting. They do not know what is in them; they buy them and display them, yet they do not know what is in them, and they have no inclination to read them. Even if they did read them, they would not understand them. We do not complain about a scarcity of books now. Is knowledge found in a multitude of books? Is knowledge found in a multitude of books?
I tell you, our Shaykh, Shaykh 'Abd al-Razzaq 'Afifi (may Allah have mercy on him), used to say: I have no library except the lessons I studied, the courses I studied at al-Azhar. I am content with them.
What is the point of having many books? The point is understanding. If you have only a few books, but you have understood them, that is sufficient. Yes.