To be truly free, it takes more determination, courage, introspection, and restraint than to be in shackles.

We never could design a building as beautiful as the trees.

There are no perfect answers. The earnest search is all we can expect.

If [a woman] insisted on becoming an architect, I would try to dissuade her. If then, she was still determined, I would give her my blessing – she could be that exceptional one.

Rage and frenzy will pull down more in half an hour than prudence, deliberation, and foresight can build up in a hundred years.

Sluggish idleness--the nurse of sin.

When you look at the caliber of players in the England squad and their ability, why should we go into the tournament fearing anyone?

Finding the leaders of the future is a question of recognizing those people who give leadership in a crisis.

Hark, the glad sound! The Saviour comes, The Saviour promised long; Let every heart exult with joy, And every voice be song!

What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.

Remember, with writing, what you’re looking for is just one person to come up and tell you, 'I love you for what you do.'

I believe I inherited my sense of music from my father. My father was an ear piano player; he could just hear something and play it.

How many people does each of us know who claim to seek happiness but freely choose paths inevitably leading to misery?