The Maya created a vibrant and brilliant society that, in the end, failed to adjust to a changing environment and the needs of its people;
The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.
The day when the fire that we had lit in our minds reaches our hearts, we will start turning every person that we come in contact with into ashes. We become the ghosts that we always feared.
Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.
People and institutions that refuse to admit error eventually discredit themselves.
My very best friend died in a car accident when I was 16 years old. That was the hardest blow emotionally that I have ever had to endure. Suddenly, you realize tomorrow might not come. Now I live by t...
The problem with a philosophy or a belief is that you soon start changing the facts to fit it.
Success is hard, rewards are scant and the glory not always there.
Manners and politeness will never become old-fashioned.
The richest man is he who lives simply but has an abundance of love and kindness to give away.
He had an answer to almost everything and he retired at an early age.