“Philanthropy is lost. The human spirit is suppressed. Most people want a legacy; they want to give something back, a library, a hospital wing, a donation to their church. This is a form of socialism that must go.” PeopleWantGivingHumansFormSpiritLostChurchWingsLibrarySocialismLegacyHospitalsPhilanthropyHuman SpiritDonation Author:Lindsey Graham
“To accept the story of the Arab destruction of the library of Alexandria, one must explain how it is that so dramatic an event was unmentioned and unnoticed not only in the rich historical literature of medieval Islam, but even in the literatures of the Coptic and other Christian churches, of the Byzantines, of the Jews, or anyone else who might have thought the destruction of a great library worthy of comment. That the story still survives, and is repeated, despite all these objections, is testimony to the enduring power of a myth.” StillsStoriesMightChristianLiteratureChurchAcceptingRichEventsDestructionHistoricalIslamEndureLibraryJewScaryWorthyMythDespiteDramaticCommentTestimonyMedievalObjectionsUnnoticedChristian ChurchAlexandriaByzantine Author:Bernard Lewis
“I do not know how wicked American millionaires are, but as I travel about and see the results of their generosity in the form of hospitals, churches, public libraries, universities, parks, recreation grounds, art museums and theatres I wonder what on earth we should do without them.” KnowsShouldArtEarthFormChurchResultsWonderKnow HowLibraryUniversityTheatreGenerosityParksWickedHospitalsMuseumsPhilanthropyMillionaireRecreationPublic Library Author:William Lyon Phelps
“In one sphere above all others, Anne Boleyn still had the power to influence him, and that was in the case of church reform. Anne was a passionate and sincere evangelical, the owner of a library of controversial reformist literature, and she was sympathetic to radical and even Lutheran ideas.” StillsIdeasLiteratureChurchCasesInfluenceLibraryPassionateRadicalReformOwnersSincereSpheresSympatheticControversialEvangelicalLutherans Author:Alison Weir
“The public library building, in my view, is just a little lower than the church, the cathedral, the temple, the synagogue and the mosque. Within those walls and along those stacks, I have found security and assurance.” LittlesFoundChurchViewsSecurityBuildingWallLibraryTemplesAssuranceCathedralsMosquesPublic LibrarySynagogue Author:Maya Angelou