"Architects today tend to depreciate themselves, to regard themselves as no more than just ordinary citizens without the power to reform the future"

"Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!"

"It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?"

"The tiger is a magnificent creature and one that is threatened by human activities on all fronts. It is up to us to protect this iconic species and ensure that it has a future in the wild"

"Prestige is the shadow of money and power"

"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers"

"Fraternity without absorption, union without fusion"

"Forget the past - the future will give you plenty to worry about"

"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between"