A man's only got so many yeses inside him before he uses them all up.

But even her demons she invested with inordinate beauty, consecrated them with the dignity of her attention.

He was one of those rare men who are capable of being fully in love only once in their lives.

There are no verdicts to childhood, only consequences, and the bright freight of memory.

These are the quicksilver moments of my childhood I cannot remember entirely. Irresistible and emblematic, I can recall them only in fragments and shivers of the heart.

I lived with the terrible knowledge that one day I would be an old man still waiting for my real life to start. Already, I pitied that old man.

College was to teach me that I was one of life's journeymen, eager to excel but lacking the requisite gifts.

Writing poetry and reading books causes brain damage.

Losing well was a gift, but winning well is this stuff of the authentic manhood.

The desolate narrowness, the definitive thinness of experience is both the vainglory and the dead giveaway of a provincial man.

It would always be my burden, not that I lacked genius, but that I was fully aware of it.

Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance.Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence.Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.

You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

Man against man can only take revenge but cannot punish

In the big picture, architecture is the art and science of making sure that our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives.

If you win non-violently, then you have a double victory, you have not only won your fight, but you remain free.

A great philosophy is not a philosophy without reproach; it is philosophy without fear.

Resentment is a communicable disease and should be quarantined.

Every time we create something new we go from zero to one.

Everything happens when it's supposed to.

Spiritual matters should be private.