“Credentials and classrooms are useless unless they lead us toward consciously applying knowledge to improve the quality of our community.”

“the proper mission of librarians: “to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities.”

“The knowledge of that unchanging rule produces a (grand) capacity and forbearance, and that capacity and forbearance lead to a community (of feeling with all things).”

“The exaltation and happiness of any community, goes hand in hand with the knowledge possessed by the people, when applied to laudable ends; whereupon we can exclaim like the wise man; righteousness exalteth a nation; for righteousness embraces knowledge and knowledge is power.”

“We do not need to attend classroom training programmes for everything. Observation opens the windows of knowledge around us”

“Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.”