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.

Life is about creating yourself.

生命可以归结为一种简单的选择：要么忙于生存，要么赶着去死。

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

Truth is always to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

我的成长故事就是一个半吊子印度人是如何炼成的。

真相很少是纯粹的，也从不简单。

You can't be creative if you're not curious.