Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries, when they wrote these books. Hence, instead of Man Thinking, we have the book-worm. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The library lets you borrow the beauty and keep the knowledge. – Author Unknown

I always imagined that Paradise would be a kind of library. – Jorge Luis Borges, translated from Spanish

A great library contains the diary of the human race. – George Mercer Dawson