There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.

I get up every morning and it's going to be a great day. You never know when it's going to be over so I refuse to have a bad day.

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

I can, therefore I am.

And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.

We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.

A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.

Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.

Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.

I like to go to parties where I know everyone. How are you going to have fun with people you don't know?

The knives of jealousy are honed on details.

Painting, sculpture and architecture are finished, but the art habit continues.

The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.

I would want my legacy to be that I was a great son, father and friend.

We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.

Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.

I've had some lovely extraordinary experiences on New Year's Eve.

A good father believes that he does wisely to encourage enterprise, productive skill, prudent self-denial, and judicious expenditure on the part of his son.