Our libraries are not cloisters for an elite. They are for the people, and if they are not used, the fault belongs to those who do not take advantage of their wealth.

Education is everywhere, prompting one to think, to consider, to remember.

Have faith in God but keep your powder dry.

To exist is to adapt, and if one could not adapt, one died and made room for those who could.

Being scared can keep a man from getting killed, and often makes a better fighter out of him.

No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own associations.

Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.