A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together. |
A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling his goods or his dwelling. Nothing that he says, thinks or does is without consequences. |
A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life. |
All things are possible once enough human beings realize that the whole of the human future is at stake |
All this sensory input, which begins in the brain, has its effect throughout the body. |
Cynicism is intellectual treason. |
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. |
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. |
For every low there is an equal but opposite high. |
Free will and determinism are like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism. The way you play your hand is free will. |
Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country. |
He who keeps his cool best wins. |
Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors. |
History is a vast early warning system. |
Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic. |