Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.

You have to turn the faucet on before the water starts to flow.

It is not enough to do, one must also become. I wish to be wiser, stronger, better. This--" I held out my hands "--this thing that is me is incomplete. It is only the raw material with which I have to work. I want to make it better than I received it.

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.

I have told many, yet when I go down that last trail, I know there will be a thousand stories hammering at my skull, demanding to be told.

A journey is time suspended.

A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever.