But let us not forget that cities are like human beings. They are born, they go through childhood and adolescence, they grow old, and eventually they die

Time is just an illusion. What you need is to live this very moment. That is all that matters.

Stop running after the waves. Let the sea come to you.

Knowledge that takes you, not beyond yourself is far worse than ignorance.

Either grant me the bliss of the ignorant or give me the strength to bear the knowledge.

Moments are born and moments die. For new experiences to come to life, old ones need to wither away.

If you want to destroy something in this life, be it an acne, a blemish or the human soul, all you need to do is to surround it with thick walls. It will dry up inside.

Love cannot be explained, yet it explains all.

I hunt everywhere for a life worth living and a knowledge worth knowing. Having roots nowhere, I have everywhere to go.

Personally, I didn't think there was anything wrong with sadness. Just the opposite – hypocrisy made people happy and truth made them sad.

How can you blame others for disrespecting you when you think of yourself as unworthy of respect?

When you open your mind, you open new doors to new possibilities for yourself and new opportunities to help others.

She that in life and love refuses me, In death and shame my partner she shall be.

Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.

Men are separated by so many petty things.

I know nothing, because I know too much, and understand not nearly enough and never will.

I prefer, in a word, the republican system, because it comes up more nearly to God's system.

Strong faith is not an emotion. It's a choice.

That's me. I can be me a bit at home, but I'm kind of like a square peg in a round hole.

I got most of my style from people around me who I knew personally.

Painting as it is now promises to become more subtle - more like music and less like sculpture - and above all it promises color. If only it keeps this promise.