Melvil Dewey quotes

Melvil Dewey was an American librarian and inventor, known for creating the Dewey Decimal Classification system. This organizational system transformed the cataloging and accessibility of library collections worldwide. He also contributed significantly to the development of modern library science and education. Here are 4 of his quotes:

The eternal conflict of good and the best with bad and the worst is on.

Melvil Dewey

To my thinking, a great librarian must have a clear head, a strong hand, and, above all, a great heart. And when I look into the future, I am inclined to think that most of the men who achieve this greatness will be women.

Melvil Dewey

The cheapness and quickness of modern methods of communication has been like a growth of wings, so that a thousand things which were thought to belong like trees in one place may travel about like birds.

Melvil Dewey