The Library is a sphere whose exact centre is any one of its hexagons and whose circumference is inaccessible.

The universe (which others call the Library) is composed of an indefinite, perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries.

If honor and wisdom and happiness are not for me, let them be for others. Let heaven exist, though my place be in hell.

I suppose what one wants really is ideal company and books are ideal company.

Nature had found the perfect place to hide the yellow fever virus. It seeded itself and grew in the blood, blooming yellow and running red.

The world would have peace if only men of politics would follow the Gospels.

If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places.

It takes ten times longer to get rid of your reputation than it does to make it.

I hate parties. I don't like big crowded things.

Adventure is not outside; it is within.

One day it's all going to be clear. It's all going to make sense. You're going to be able to say, "So that's why God allowed that in my life!" Until then, God wants you to trust him.

Sometimes when we awaken from the bad dream of disowning ourselves, we think that the sojourn to self-discovery is a new one. But it is an ancient quest.

We need not hesitate to admit that the Sun is richly stored with inhabitants.