Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness.

Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.

Streets and their sidewalks-the main public places of a city-are its most vital organs.

Designing a dream city is easy; rebuilding a living one takes imagination.

There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans.

Intricate minglings of different uses in cities are not a form of chaos. On the contrary, they represent a complex and highly developed form of order.

While you are looking, you might as well also listen, linger and think about what you see.

The ballet of the good city sidewalk never repeats itself from place to place, and in any one place is always replete with new improvisations.

This is something everyone knows: A well-used city street is apt to be a safe street. A deserted city street is apt to be unsafe.

People must take a modicum of public responsibility for each other even if they have no ties to each other.

This is what a city is, bits and pieces that supplement each other and support each other.

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

The greater the pain, the greater the fun.

Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree-they bear no fruit.

I know I'm going to blow one day. My life is doomed the way it is. I have no future.

No matter how the sun shone, the sea held forth no more promises.

If the flame inside you goes out, the souls that are next to you will die of cold.

FAITH is the element, the “chemical” which, when mixed with prayer, gives one direct communication with Infinite Intelligence.

Effective leadership is the only competitive advantage that will endure. That's because leadership has two sides- what a person is character and what a person does- competence.

If you don't understand history, you will not be able to deal with today's issues.