“Everything tries to be round.”

The Holy Land is everywhere.

We should understand that the Great Spirit is also above all these things and peoples.

And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being.

Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred.

It is good to have a reminder of death before us, for it helps us to understand the impermanence of life on this earth, and this understanding may aid us in preparing for our own death.

Let every step you take upon the earth be as a prayer.

I was four years old then, and I think it must have been the next summer that I first heard the voices.

There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men.

It is hard to follow one great vision in this world of darkness and of many changing shadows. Among those men get lost.

The visions and ceremonies only made me like a whole through which the power could come to the two-leggeds.

Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.

But if the Vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet;for such things are of Spirit, and it is in the darkness of their eyes that men get lost.

I saw more than I can tell / And I understood more than I saw.

The hawk swoops down on its prey, so does the Indian. In his lament he is like an animal.

If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. Then everything I could do would be foolish.

I think I have told you, but if I have not, you must have understood, that a man who has a vision is not able to use the power of it until after he has performed the vision on earth for the people to see.

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.

This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.

Place (or put) a spider on top of a mountain, it will only try to catch flies; alas, they are many those who, in the figurative meaning, have spider’s eyes.

I try to pace myself and not work for the sake of working and stick to what inspired me prior to receiving recognition.

My hero among heroes is my grandmother, she’s the epitome of strength and I try to mock that strength all the time. She’s a beast.

I’m trying to find my own version of what makes me feel beautiful.

I don’t try to knock people out, but I have the ability to press him and get the cheese.

For now, poetry has the capacity – in its own ways and by its own means – to remind us of something we are forbidden to see.