Architecture was pretty much the sexiest thing to be doing from 1700-1800.

Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family.

Sustainability is now a big baggy sack in which people throw all kinds of old ideas, hot air and dodgy activities in order to be able to greenwash their products and feel good.

Building your own home is about desire, fantasy. But it's achievable; anyone can do it.

I don't look at what people do with their homes in terms of money, but the social and personal value of what they're trying to do and achieve.

It's possible to be satisfied with a day's work or a cake, but a life... what is a life but a history of events badly remembered?

Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.

Generally speaking, I think that if you do anything with commitment and passion, it will come good.

Living an environmentally responsible lifestyle can seem like a Scrooge-like list of don'ts. Don't take that flight, don't buy that car, don't eat those blueberries flown in from somewhere far-flung.

I'm terribly fastidious. I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family's.

The thing that I champion is sustainability. My terror is that suddenly we see it as a luxury, not an essential. That's a danger.

Sky is not a limit for me

Failure is a signpost on the trail to success

WHEN I WAS LOST IN DARKNESS, I FELT MYSELF LIKE ARMLESS, MY HEART BECOME HOPELESS, ALL I HAD WAS MY WEAKNESS, TILL I FIND MORNING BRIGHTNESS

Those who choose to walk on love's path are well served if they have a guide. That guide can enable us to overcome fear if we trust that they will not lead us astray or abandon us along the way.

Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.

Somehow we must be able to show people that democracy is not about words, but action.

It's great to write for actors when you know who they are. I think I prefer it.

That saint who advances on his knees never retreats.

Seek first the kingdom of God, and then trust that He will take care of our needs, even before we know what they are and where we're going.

When a child is gifted, people try to help that child.