--- title: "1 Library Congress Quotes By Tony Reinke" description: "1 Library Congress quotes by Tony Reinke. Plus more from Tony Reinke and more Library Congress sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/tony-reinke-21188_ambition_currently-the-library-of-congress-houses_1927236.jpg" --- > [“Currently, the Library of Congress houses eighteen million books. American publishers add another two hundred thousand titles to this stack each year. This means that at the current publishing rate, ten million new books will be added in the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-reinke/currently-the-library-of-congress-houses-eighteen-million-books/) [Tony Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-reinke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/tony-reinke-21188_ambition_currently-the-library-of-congress-houses_1927236.jpg) ## More by Tony Reinke > [“The lesson I have learned is that a failure to cultivate the imagination leads to an unintended neglect of the imaginative literature of Scripture,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-reinke/the-lesson-i-have-learned-is-that-a-failure-to-cultivate-the/) [Tony Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-reinke/) > [“Life online is a whiplash between deep sorrow, unexpected joy, cheap laughs, profound thoughts, and dumb memes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-reinke/life-online-is-a-whiplash-between-deep-sorrow-unexpected-joy-cheap/) [Tony Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-reinke/) > [“Assuming a driver never looks up in the average time it takes to send a text (4.6 seconds), at fifty-five miles per hour, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-reinke/assuming-a-driver-never-looks-up-in-the-average-time-it-takes-to-send/) [Tony Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-reinke/) > [“We get one chance at this life. We have one body, one mind, and one life to live. Reading provides us with a vicarious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-reinke/we-get-one-chance-at-this-life-we-have-one-body-one-mind-and-one-life/) [Tony Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-reinke/) > [“By God’s grace, I can resist the temptation to treat my children as interruptions to my will for my life. Instead, God enables me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-reinke/by-god-s-grace-i-can-resist-the-temptation-to-treat-my-children-as/) [Tony Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-reinke/) > [“Freedom in Christ is not freedom to do whatever you want; it is for sure-footed self-reflection and for avoiding the cultural bondage of sin.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-reinke/freedom-in-christ-is-not-freedom-to-do-whatever-you-want-it-is-for/) [Tony Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-reinke/) > [“God always has been, and always will be, God enough. The battle is over, whether or not I believe it, and whether or not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-reinke/god-always-has-been-and-always-will-be-god-enough-the-battle-is-over/) [Tony Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-reinke/) > [“Every time we open our Bibles, our souls are being fed through centuries of technological advancement.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-reinke/every-time-we-open-our-bibles-our-souls-are-being-fed-through/) [Tony Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-reinke/) > [“we must die to the idea that a distraction-free life is possible—it is not, and it never has been. The holy life is piously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-reinke/we-must-die-to-the-idea-that-a-distraction-free-life-is-possible-it/) [Tony Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-reinke/) > [“Sin blinds our hearts to the true meaning and purpose of the Bible, even if we carry well-highlighted copies in our hands.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-reinke/sin-blinds-our-hearts-to-the-true-meaning-and-purpose-of-the-bible/) [Tony Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-reinke/) > [“Currently, the Library of Congress houses eighteen million books. American publishers add another two hundred thousand titles to this stack each year. This means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-reinke/currently-the-library-of-congress-houses-eighteen-million-books/) [Tony Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-reinke/) > [“A lot of people assume you can think better with a slow diet of books, but that will not be the case for every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-reinke/a-lot-of-people-assume-you-can-think-better-with-a-slow-diet-of-books/) [Tony Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-reinke/) > [“If God’s people are bored with God, they are really bad images. God is not unhappy about himself. He is infinitely excited about his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-reinke/if-god-s-people-are-bored-with-god-they-are-really-bad-images-god-is/) [Tony Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-reinke/) > [“This means that whatever happens on my smartphone, especially under the guise of anonymity, is the true exposé of my heart, reflected in full-color…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-reinke/this-means-that-whatever-happens-on-my-smartphone-especially-under/) [Tony Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-reinke/) > [“The answer to our hyperkinetic digital world of diversions is the soul-calming sedative of Christ's splendor, beheld with the mind and enjoyed by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-reinke/the-answer-to-our-hyperkinetic-digital-world-of-diversions-is-the/) [Tony Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-reinke/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/library-congress/tony-reinke/#itemlist", "name": "1 Library Congress Quotes By Tony Reinke", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Currently, the Library of Congress houses eighteen million books. 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