Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic.

There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners.

Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.

Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator.

Anything created by human beings is already in the great book of nature.

The straight line belongs to men, the curved one to God.

Happiness isn't complicated. It is a humble state of gratitude for simple pleasures, tender mercies, recognized blessings, and inherent beauty.

God is not interested in your art, but your heart.

Ten minutes after you lose that last game, you start working on next season.

Between 12 and 14, I shot up a ridiculous amount. The muscles were struggling to stretch and grow at the rate my bones were growing. It gave me problems with my back and my hamstrings.

Anything I wanted to do and achieve has not been influential in my life, but my failures have.

Effective leaders let people discover things for themselves.

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions, and consequently of no use to a good king or a good ministry; for which reason Courts are so overrun with politics.

The things that are the most valuable are often the ones you don't even know exist. -- Xavier, The Gatekeeper

Everything happens for a reason and a purpose, and it serves you.

That day, I began to be incredulous. Or, rather, I regretted having been credulous. I regretted having allowed myself to be borne away by a passion of the mind. Such is credulity.