The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce. You can't weigh the soul of a man with a bar of pig-iron.

As piety, religion and morality have a happy influence on the minds of men, in their public as well as private transactions, you will not think it unseasonable, although I have frequently done it, to bring to your remembrance the great importance of encouraging our University, town schools, and other seminaries of education, that our children and youth while they are engaged in the pursuit of useful science, may have their minds impressed with a strong sense of the duties they owe to their God.

What is important is using one's talent, intellect and energy in order to gain an appreciation and affection for people and place.

The initial sketch is always an emotion, not a concept.

For the LORD will not cast away his people, for his great name's sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself.

The practice of architecture not only requires participation in the profession but it also requires civic engagement.

The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce. You can't weigh the soul of a man with a bar of pig-iron.