A great city may be seen as the construction of words as well as stone.

Place is security, space is freedom.

Geography is the study of earth as the home of people

All creative effort - including the making of an omelet - is preceded by destruction.

It is by thoughtful reflection that the elusive moments of the past draw near to us in present reality and gain a measure of permanence.

Lucidity, I maintain, is almost always desirable.

Animals are like humans, only more openly carnal and sexual, more openly and therefore more disarmingly absurd.

People tend to suppress that which they cannot express.

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

When hospitality becomes an art it loses its very soul.

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

Hope! fortune's cheating lottery; when for one prize an hundred blanks there be!

You have to stick to what you love, as writing is such a lonely and depressing existence... stick to what you love and someone will hear your voice.

Knowledge comes Of learning well retain'd, unfruitful else.

A field of water betrays the spirit that is in the air. It is continually receiving new life and motion from above. It is intermediate in its nature between land and sky.

There is no direct evidence, so how could you ask me to believe in God.

We cannot empty the mind by thinking. Only by observation.

But relying on one person for your every need is so dangerous. One set of hands isn't enough to keep you from falling.