Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. Without books, the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are engines of change (as the poet said), windows on the world and lighthouses erected in the sea of time. They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print.

The costliest myth of our time has been the myth of the Communist monolith.

The power to command frequently causes failure to think.

Books are humanity in print.

Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library.

Human beings of any age need to approve of themselves; the bad times in history come when they cannot.

Arguments can always be found to turn desire into policy.