I’ve never quite understood why the knuckleheads of the planet so outnumber the rest of us.

So much of life isn’t about having the right answer it’s about knowing the right question.

I’m not afraid of death, just of dying.

Crime, like war, is an aberration of creation.

If ever we find the truth to be offensive, then we must be prepared to change what is true.

Create always: As God has seen fit in His perfection to give you such abilities, work and share of your gifts.

If you can write, paint, or compose without fear, pain, tears or questions, then you are either very blessed or very bland.

I think if God came down and gave us all His version of Empathy then all the world’s problems would surely become a thing of the past.

Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.

Architecture must not do violence to space or its neighbors.

I like birthday cake. It's so symbolic. It's a tempting symbol to load with something more complicated than just 'Happy birthday!' because it's this emblem of childhood and a happy day.

Le de s ir de la prie' re est de j a' une prie' re. The wish for prayer is already a prayer.

Everyone wears an invisible sign that reads "Notice me. Make me feel important."

Both place and time were changed, and I dwelt nearer to those parts of the universe and to those eras in history which had most attracted me.

I believe in the empirical wisdom of science, just to start with, so I hope that there might be some treatment out there that might be helpful.

The full truth of this odd matter is what the world has long been looking for and the public curiosity is sure to welcome.

The world is not magic - and that's the most magical thing about it.

The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does his present life become to him; because he sees more clearly and perceives more sensibly the defects of human corruption.