You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

The truth is, every writer creates his own precursors.

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

Architecture is the art of creating meaningful spaces for meaningful lives.

Science must be a force for good in the world.

"The unsaid is often more powerful than the spoken word."

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.