Libraries are not made, they grow.

[Milton] calls the university "A stony-hearted step-mother."

Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.

There were no books in Eden, and there will be none in heaven

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

It is the Mass that matters.

A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators.

Great is bookishness and the charm of books.

The man who has a library of his own collection is able to contemplate himself objectively, and is justified in believing in his own existence.

That great dust-heap called 'history'.

Any ordinary man can...surround himself with two thousand books...and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy.

Hope keeps us alive. Life is interesting because of egocentric hope and love full sprit.

Many Christian leaders are willing to give up some of the teachings of the Bible in order to harmonize Christianity with the other religions.

There may be more poetry than justice in poetic justice.

I'm Creole, and I'm down to earth.

Denzel's quality, I think, is his faith. You have all the action in your head and you have to believe in it and just do it. That's what he does and that's what he taught me to do.

Survival is my primary instinct...it's out of my control. It's stronger than me. It's an outside force, a voice that says 'do this for your life or it will devour you.'

It doesn't matter if I failed. At least I passed the concept on to others. Even if I don't succeed, someone will succeed.

That which comes slow comes solid.

People are more important than things.

I think that there's a lot of anxiety out there in people wanting their children to be part of the mainstream, to achieve based on the well-worn yardsticks.