The greatest products of architecture are less the works of individuals than of society; rather the offspring of a nation's effort, than the inspired flash of a man of genius.

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

It is not enough to be happy, one must be content.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

To love beauty is to see light.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.

Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, sing as if no one is listening, love as if you have never been hurt, and dance as if no one is watching.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

He had become enveloped in the Indian Summer of the Soul.

I've Learned To Accept that one is never as great or terrible as they are made to feel, and the truth lies somewhere in between.

No part of you is dark or ugly,' I said sharply, squeezing his hand. 'Not to me, not ever. Do you understand?

It's not exactly courageous to be an anti-racist these days; a hundred years ago, it was.

To know how to wait. It is the great secret of success.

Wisdom eludes me yet, but foolishness I captured long ago and to this day it is my constant companion, though many people consider me wise.

Law it is . . . which hears without ears, sees without eyes, moves without feet and seizes without hands.

There’s a difference between being alone and being lonely. Writers know that. I have never met a writer who does not crave to be alone. We have to be alone to do what we do.

I was watching the show last year and it didn't even cross my mind that this could even happen.

I'm hopeless at looking into myself and trying to see how things are working and why.