The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

"With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how."

Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.

Music is the one thing that can truly transcend borders.