Libraries Quote by Neil Gaiman

Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism.

— Neil Gaiman

“Let the barbarians burn the library, the ideas are what's important.”

— Marc Read

“There is no document of civilization that is not also a document of barbarism.”

— Walter Benjamin

Barbarism recommences by the excess of civilization.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.

— David Hare

“We live in very remarkable times. We find with astonishment that progress has concluded an alliance with barbarism.”

— Sigmund Freud

“Libraries are innately subversive institutions, born of the radical notion that every member of society deserves free, high-quality access to knowledge and culture.”

— Matt Finch

“Our sense that a library is a public good and our idea of what such a place should look like derived precisely from a…

— Stephen Greenblatt

“Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors. The library connects us with the insight and knowledge, painfully…

— Carl Sagan

“We have barely emerged from centuries of barbarism. It's not a surprise that there are shocking inequities in this world. It is hard work…

— Sam Harris

“Libraries are not, or at least should not be, engines of productivity. If anything, they should slow people down and seduce them with the…

— Barbara Fister

To those with ears to hear, libraries are really very noisy places. On their shelves we hear the captured voices of the centuries-old conversation…

— Timothy Healy