"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."

The landscape is the first architecture.

"A book is a mirror; if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a sage to look out."

The best investment you can make is in yourself.

The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life.

I’m not a product of my circumstances, I’m a product of my decisions.