All We Are Given Is Possibilities —

There May Be As Much Nobility In Being Last As In Being First, Because The Two Positions Are Equally Necessary In The World, The One To Complement The Other.

Here, Then, Is The Point At Which I See The New Mission Of The Librarian Rise Up Incomparably Higher Than All Those Preceding. Up Until The Present, The Librarian Has Been Principally Occupied With The Book As A Thing, As A Material Object. From Now On He Must Give His Attention To The Book As A Living Function. He Must Become A Policeman, Master Of The Raging Book.

We Cannot Put Off Living Until We Are Ready.

Living Is Nothing More Or Less Than Doing One Thing Instead Of Another.

Life Is A Series Of Collisions With The Future.