There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.
Religion is not in want of art; it rests on its own majesty.
I call architecture frozen music.
The world cannot do without great men, but great men are very troublesome to the world.
A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.