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

“I continue to dream and pray about a revival of holiness in our day that moves forth in mission and creates authentic community in which each person can be unleashed through the empowerment of the Spirit to fulfill God's creational intentions.”

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

“Jews believe that people are creators, not consumers. The role of humans is to improve and perfect God's creations through work, creation, and innovation.”

“It was part of their mission as a secret society--as it is part of the mission of most secret societies, actually--to not be entirely secret.”

“It took a bit of popcorn and a library snack bar to make me realize that being a librarian was about more than just giving people information. It was about serving a community. And if the community is hungry for more than just knowledge, then maybe it’s about time to open a snack bar.”