Norman Cousins

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.

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.

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.