somehow one must love the world without being worldly.

There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good many friends who call me a fool.

Architecture is the alphabet of giants; it is the largest set of symbols ever made to meet the eyes of men. A tower stands up like a sort of simplified stature, of much more than heroic size.

A faith is that which is able to survive a mood.

The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.

Our society is so abnormal that the normal man never dreams of having the normal occupation of looking after his own property. When he chooses a trade, he chooses one of the ten thousand trades that involve looking after other people's property.

Wherever there is animal worship, there is human sacrifice.