Reading is like the sex act - done privately, and often in bed.

History had been man's effort to accomodate himself to what he could not do. Amereican history in the 20th century would, more than ever before, test man's ability to accomodate himself to all the new things he could do.

Planning for the future without a sense of history is like planting cut flowers.

Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.

The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his name or trademark.

What preoccupies us, then, is not God as a fact of nature, but as a fabrication useful for a God-fearing society. God himself becomes not a power but an image.

It is very unlikely that the computer will displace the books, except in areas where we need information speedily.