Real love doesn't seek to acquire. It gives itself away. Its very nature is that of surrender, service, and generosity.

In the face of anger, the best response is a burst of tenderness.

When we love, we see beauty; we speak in beauty; we walk in beauty. In love, we are beauty itself.

If you don't need to prove that you are right or that someone else's behavior should be punished, you can better see your way to achieving harmony in any given situation.

Don't expect life to serve you what you expect. Just enjoy the buffet.

Evolving increases our value, and when we know our value, we navigate toward those with whom we share a genuine interest and appreciation. The rest, in my estimation, is bondage.

Architecture is art, nothing else.

He that studies books alone, will know how things ought to be; and he that studies men, will know how things are.

But for me, from my point of view, I don't mind if it falls over... if you break the glass you replace the glass, if the sheep falls out you can always get a new sheep.

I take it upon myself to get motivated. I know when I have a bad game. It's something I think about myself when it happens, and I don't need someone to tell me I didn't do this or didn't do that.

We are at last on the high lands of Mexico, the districts which at least three different races have chosen to settle in, neglecting the fertile country below.

New York is full of crazy people, and I like that.

You ought to love all mankind; nay, every individual of mankind. You ought not to love the individuals of your domestic circles less, but to love those who exist beyond it more.

He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.