The true poet is one who can stir the soul with words, who can paint pictures with phrases, and who can make the heart sing with the rhythm of his verse.

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 should not shout. It should whisper to people's lives.

人都知道说话可以显示自己的优点，但不知说话谨慎可以培养德性；人都知道饮食可以有益生命，却不知节制饮食可以养生。

真正的男人只需要两件事：危险和游戏。

If you can dream it, you can do it.