The idea of education has been so tied to schools, universities, and professors that many assume there is no other way, but education is available to anyone within reach of a library, a post office, or even a newsstand.

No one can get an education, for of necessity education is a continuing process.

A great book begins with an idea; a great life, with a determination.

For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction, biography, and history offer an inexhaustible number of lives in many parts of the world, in all periods of time.

Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.

No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own associations.

Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.

To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.

To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder.