Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close.

Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love.

Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.

Food should be fun.

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.

When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless.

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

If you have a harem of 40 women, you never get to know any of them very well.

From wonder into wonder existence opens.

You can't have a good Thanksgiving meal without a little bit of ketchup on the side.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.

Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.