"Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country."

"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."

"Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis - once that crisis can be recognized and understood."

"He who keeps his cool best wins."

"The harmony of the universe dictates that the most profound truths are found in silence."

"Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense."

"Science in the modern world has many uses its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich."

"The universe speaks in the silent dialect of universal natural laws. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."