People don't acknowledge loneliness in themselves, and don't appreciate its benefits, the reflection and attentiveness that come with it, the deepened acquaintance with oneself.

Love is holy because it is like grace--the worthiness of its object is never really what matters.

Sometimes I have loved the peacefulness of an ordinary Sunday. It is like standing in a newly planted garden after a warm rain. You can feel the silent and invisible life.

Every sorrow suggests a thousand songs and every song recalls a thousand sorrows and so they are infinite in number and all the same.

I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally.

We are part of a mystery, a splendid mystery within which we must attempt to orient ourselves if we are to have a sense of our own nature.

This is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it.

There is more beauty than our eyes can bear, precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm.

Ordinary things have always seemed numinous to me

When we did not move or speak, there was no proof that we were there at all.

Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.

The GURU is Inside.

AESTHETICS OF INTEGRITYFor every star in the skySomeone is holding his ground.

The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.

Gary Smith, when I came to America, taught me a great deal about racing.

Life is the great teacher.

You can be angry and silent, but it's no use - there's no distance in the spirit - besides, my words touch you more softly than my hands.

To protect myself from the rear, I have to stand slantwise.

we are human beings, we are born full of guilt; we feel terrified when happiness becomes a real possibility.

There is no way that me or anyone else could be like Coach Bryant. I think it would be ridiculous for anyone to try.

I don't think about other people. If I did, I'd wanna compete. But I don't think like that, because I'm above everybody.