Librarians consider free access to information the foundation of democracy.

We are all living history, and it’s hard to say now what will be important in the future. One thing’s certain, though: if we throw it away, it’s gone.

It is the journey that is important—not the destination.

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.

The desolate narrowness, the definitive thinness of experience is both the vainglory and the dead giveaway of a provincial man.

If you're a writer, you're always working.

Personal disintegration remains always an imminent danger.

My friends are my estate. Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them!

The man who tries to be funny is lost. To lose one's naturalness is always to lose the sympathy of your audience.

A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others.

The call of repentance is for the righteous and unrighteous, the godly and ungodly alike. If the righteous had been the lights they were called to be, the nation would never have fallen as it did.

The crowd in Atlanta was amazing the last time we played there. They were enthusiastic, engaged in the game and were happy to be there. They are excited about soccer.