Encyclopedias Quote by Zadie Smith

“We live in a cluttered world of too much information and too much stuff.”

— James Wallman

“Since we cannot know all there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.”

— Blaise Pascal

“What we need is a treasure house, not of knowledge, but of ignorance. Something that gives not answers but questions. Something that shines light,…

— John Lloyd

“the more you learn about the world, the more things you need a home to be in order to call it a home.”

— Jomny Sun

“Human beings always want explanations. They have to know everything about everything and they have to know it immediately.”

— Steven Cooper

“Books are where words live. I read to discover if anybody’s home.”

— Tom Van Dyke

“If nothing else, a house is a place to keep books in.”

— Robert Pogue Harrison

“Better to find out certain things by living them, not by reading them in a book.”

— Susanna Kearsley

“Everything you need to know can be found in a book.”

— Roland Smith

“In our lifetimes, we can only know a small portion of what exists. The world is endless and its treasures are inexhaustible.”

— Barry Webster

“The world is information. An endless torrent. Whatever escapes you becomes something you will never completely understand.”

— M.R. Carey

“When you’re in the middle of chaos, it’s hard to see what is being built. Sometimes the evidence is all we have. I learned…

— Robin Brown