While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.

The public library building, in my view, is just a little lower than the church, the cathedral, the temple, the synagogue and the mosque. Within those walls and along those stacks, I have found security and assurance.

When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

Spirit is an invisible force made visible in all life.

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

We must be warriors in the struggle against ignorance