Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.

Religion is an attempt, a noble attempt, to suggest in human terms more-than-human realities.

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.

There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.

The world has been printing books for 450 years, and yet gunpowder still has a wider circulation. Never mind! Printer's ink is the greater explosive: it will win.

One of the penalties of being a human being is other human beings.

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.