And I began to suspect that the ultimate sacrifice isn't death after all

Not knowing how to feed the spirit, we try to muffle its demands in distraction...What matters is that one be for a time inwardly attentive.

This is a little secret that all writers share: We have two lives

Virtue is relative at best, there's nothing worse than a sunset when your driving due West.

I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything.

When you build a beautiful building, people love it. And the most sustainable building in the world is the one that’s loved.

I also combined the R&B feel with the pop music of Taiwan... I wanted to bring the R&B flavor and other Westernized sounds to my music, because that's the type of music I grew up listening to.

The leaves fall, the wind blows, and the farm country slowly changes from the summer cottons into its winter woods.

No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about earthquakes.

Photography is a very subtle thing. You must let the camera take you by the hand, as it were, and lead you into your subject.

Burton did not believe in miracles . Nothing happened that could not be explained by physical principles if you knew all the facts .