A historian can never claim to have the last word on anything as he is limited by his sources and further so by his viewpoint.

Calm is not a place where there is no noise or activity. It is the ability to be in the midst of these, yet experiencing peace within.

Glory is a scandal. Let me state once & for all: I do not wish to be civilized.

But no one can praise Roosevelt for doing this and then insist that he restored our traditional political and economic systems to their former vitality.

I am never free of the past. I have made it crystal clear that I believe the past is part of the present which becomes part of the future.

We have roots that grow towards each other underground. And when all the pretty blossom has fallen from our branches we find that we are one tree and not two.

Time. There seems to be vast quantities of the stuff spooling around me in all directions, everywhere i look. Days and hours. Weeks and minutes. Years. The hard part, ive discovered, is filling it.

Good to know that if I ever need attention all I have to do is die.

The world around you is not equipped to provide the help you need to make it through this often treacherous journey.

The designer must think first and work later.

We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them.