The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Surround yourself with people who challenge you, not just those who agree with you.

The greatest knowledge is to know oneself.

"A book is a conversation between the writer and the reader across time."

Small-scale fishers are the backbone of coastal communities—their voices must be heard.

"A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. So the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion."

I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying.