The timelessness of art is its capacity to represent the transformation of endless becoming into being.

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

The cities and mansions that people dream of are those in which they finally live.

Adding highway lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.

A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends.

Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities.

To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.

When trapped in a constant state of negative over-stimulation, anxiety becomes the norm in our lives. From the book: Removing Your Shame Label

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Two half-truths do not make a truth, and two half- cultures do not make a culture

Rivers run through our history and folklore, and link us as a people.... We are a nation rich in rivers.

Do you call the jewel blind, because your eye is?

There is nothing wrong with a writer who has a distinct style in book after book, but I am not interested in repeating myself.

Music is such a joy, just an absolute joy.

But no, I've just been very lucky. But I've worked hard, and the harder you work, the luckier you seem to get.

I tried to write worse but it was no good; my generalizations came out as before, each more exquisite than the last. I grew discouraged.