He Who Keeps His Cool Best Wins.

On The Quality Of Life: #1. Realize That Each Human Being Has A Built-in Capacity For Recuperation And Repair. #2. Recognize That The Quality Of Life Is All-important. #3. Assume Responsibility For The Quality Of Your Own Life. #4. Nurture The Regenerative And Restorative Forces Within You. #5. Utilize Laughter To Create A Mood In Which The Other Positive Emotions Can Be Put To Work For Yourself And Those Around You. #6. Develop Confidence And Ability To Feel Love, Hope And Faith, And Acquire A Strong Will To Live.

Pessimism Is A Waste Of Time.

The Library Is Not A Shrine For The Worship Of Books. It Is Not A Temple Where Literary Incense Must Be Burned Or Where One's One Devotion To The Bound Book Is Expressed In Ritual. A Library, To Modify The Famous Metaphor Of Socrates, Should Be The Delivery Room For The Birth Of Ideas - A Place Where History Comes To Life.

The One Thing I Have Learned About Editing Over The Years Is That You Have To Edit And Publish Out Of Your Own Tastes, Enthusiasms, And Concerns, And Not Out Of Notions Or Guesswork About What Other People Might Like To Read.

Progress Begins With The Belief That What Is Necessary Is Possible.