There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants and the other is getting it.

Literature is the only drug that allows us to temporarily escape reality.

Complexity is not a barrier to understanding, but a challenge to be overcome.

Ethics isn't a barrier to progress—it's a guide for responsible progress.

All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.

The task of psychology is to reduce complex mental phenomena to their simplest components.

The best managers acknowledge and make room for what they do not know—not just because humility is a virtue but because until one adopts that mindset, the most striking breakthroughs cannot occur.