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

One thing has always been true: That book or that person who can give me an idea or a new slant on an old idea is my friend.

You are your own best teacher. My advice is to question all things. Seek for answers, and when you find what seems to be an answer, question that, too.

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

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.

Some say opportunity knocks only once, that is not true. Opportunity knocks all the time, but you have to be ready for it. If the chance comes, you must have the equipment to take advantage of it.

I wonder why it is the man who pleads for mercy never gives it.