Mount Prospect Public Library Words

Walls of Words

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration. Andrew Carnegie

We read to know we are not alone. C. S. Lewis
None is poor, save him that lacks Knowledge. The Talmud
Without libraries what have we?
We have no past and no future. Ray Bradbury
A library is not a luxury but one of the
necessities of life. Henry Ward Beecher
Man’s mind, once stretched by a new
idea, never regains its original dimension. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Never believe that a few caring people
can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have. Margaret Mead

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. Chinese proverb
The more that you read, the more things you’ll know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. Dr. Seuss
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. e.e. cummings
Books may well be the only true magic. Alice Hoffman
Believe in your dreams. Georgia O’Keefe
The time is always right to do what is right. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The current definitive answer to almost any question can be found within the four walls of most libraries. Arthur Ashe
I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it. Voltaire
A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry. Thomas Jefferson
Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. Carl Sandburg
It’s better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness. Confucius
I believe that we should all know each other, we human carriers of so many pleasurable differences. Gwendolyn Brooks

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou
Education is the best provision for the journey to old age. Aristotle
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers. Charles W. Eliot
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. Abraham Lincoln
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. Mark Twain
The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum. Adlai Stevenson
My community is always at the center of what I do, as inspiration, reason, and hope. Nydia Vel’azquez

A good book is the purest essence of a human soul. Thomas Carlyle
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Richard Steele
A family library is a breeding-place of character. Graham Greene
Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest. Lady Bird Johnson
There is no Frigate like a Book/To take us Lands away. Emily Dickinson