True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.

Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself.

Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.