In the midst of all this great variety of subjects, an individual cannot attain to perfection in each, because it is scarcely in his power to take in and comprehend the general theories of them.

Architecture depends on Order, Arrangement, Eurythmy, Symmetry , Propriety , and Economy.

The architect must not only understand drawing, but music.

If our designs for private houses are to be correct, we must at the outset take note of the countries and climates in which they are built.

A harmonious design requires that nothing be added or taken away.

It is no secret that the moon has no light of her own, but is, as it were, a mirror, receiving brightness from the influence of the sun.

Consistency is found in that work whose whole and detail are suitable to the occasion. It arises from circumstance, custom, and nature.

Bricks should be made in Spring or Autumn so that they may dry uniformly.

For we must not build temples according to the same rules to all gods alike, since the performance of the sacred rites varies with the various gods.

All machinery is derived from nature, and is founded on the teaching and instruction of the revolution of the firmament.

Altars should face the east, and should always be placed on a lower level than are the statues in the temples, so that those who are praying and sacrificing may look upwards towards the divinity.

Look, don't just stare at the pages, " I used to tell my students. "Become the characters. Live inside the book.

You can only live one day at a time.

Gnaw your own bone gnaw at it bury it unearth it gnaw it still.

I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing, that no man desires for himself.

Differences will always exist, but division doesn't always have to result.

I don't think San Francisco needs defending. I never meet anyone who doesn't love the place, Americans or others.

... Why, it would really be being unselfish to go away and be happy for a little, because we would come back so much nicer.

If I had my life to live over again, I would ask that not a thing be changed, but that my eyes be opened wider.

Every education system on Earth has the same hierarchy of subjects: at the top are mathematics and languages, then the humanities, and the bottom are the arts.

The investigations also proved that there were many cases of spontaneous deviation, i.e. cases where there had been no stimulation of the semi-circular canal apparatus.