Thus, flexibility, as displayed by water, is a sign of life. Rigidity, its opposite, is an indicator of death.

The pleasure of the soul appears to be found in the journey of discovery, the unfolding revelation of expanded insight and experience.

Architecture is made of memory. The slope of a roof, the shape of a window, and the color of a door contain the record of the minds that conceived them and the hands that crafted them.

In my view, the holy is not based so much on the physical environment, but on the experience and perceptions of it.

Dreaming is a journey through wonder, surprise, and freedom.

Running water is perceived as being filled with vitality.

I must rule with eye and claw — as the hawk among lesser birds. - Duke Leto Atreides

It is a sweet thing to have someone love you, but it is a far sweeter thing when his actions convince your heart, and his words persuade your soul.

Oh, never and forever aren't for mortals, love. But we won't be parted till I know it's right that we part.

The apostates think that everybody is wrong but themselves.

In a world which is armed to its teeth with nuclear weapons, every quarrel or difference of opinion may lead to violence of a kind quite different from what is possible today.

Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write.

One person's trauma is another's loss of innocence.

My greatest joy is just to be alive!

It doesn’t matter what it is, it becomes better with love.

Do not fight with the strength, absorb it, and it flows, use it.