Throughout the world Dark Ages have scrawled finis to successions of cultures receding far into the past.

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.

As we drove, I imagined we were standing still and the world was coming toward us.

Laziness is when your sleep overcomes your passion, not under the influence of drugs but under the control of excuses and procrastination!

You can work to create a bright future.

Failure is only an experience. We learn from trials and errors.

Could it be that following our initiatory path and connecting with higher source wisdom might actually be one of our species’ best defense systems?

I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality.

Kids are truthful by nature.

We've made some heroic efforts, but the Earth as a whole is in worse shape today than 30 years ago, ... There's been 30 more years of greenhouses gases, species extinctions and population growth.

People like to think the younger generation's job is to steer the world to hell. But it's never true, is it? They're hopeful and good - and that's how it should be.

It's time we stopped worrying about losing our looks and started celebrating the gifts of age: I feel yummier than ever.