Philosophy: a purple bullfinch in a lilac tree.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.

I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

Finding a way to live the simple life is one of life's supreme complications.

April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.

The journey, Not the destination matters.

Good manners is the fabric that holds the community together.

All the women want to be with me, all the men want to be like me.

We live for games like these.

I'm strong-willed. Architects are strong-willed. You get the best results with a strong client and a strong architect working together.

Beauty is only bearable when you're happy.

We can't stop here, this is bat country!

Confidence is when you stand over a shot and know you're going to make it because you've done it time and time again.

Like fundamentalist Judaism and medieval Christianity, Islam is totalist. That is to say, it makes a total claim on the individual.

Don't be afraid of mistakes - There are none.

Jesse has a new dog. You may have noticed that his former pets have been peculiarly unfortunate. When this dog dies every employee in the White House will be at once discharged.