Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.

What do you mean by faith? Is faith enough for Man? Should he be satisfied with faith alone? Is there no way of finding out the truth? Is the attitude of faith, of believing in something for which there can be no more than philosophic proof, the true mark of a Christian?

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

Architecture can't fully represent the chaos and turmoil that are part of the human personality, but you need to put some of that turmoil into the architecture, or it isn't real.

You're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem.

And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief, and the year smiles as it draws near its death.

Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.

From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Mothers play an important role as the heart of the home, but this in no way lessens the equally important role fathers should play, as head of the home, in nurturing, training, and loving their children.

Those who enjoy their own emotionally bad health and who habitually fill their own minds with the rank poisons of suspicion, jealousy and hatred, as a rule take umbrage at those who refuse to do likewise, and they find a perverted relief in trying to denigrate them.

Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.