“The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.”

The art of art is simplicity.

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars.

The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it.

A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing lacking.

The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.

Forsake all inhibitions, Pursue thy dreams.

I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.

The whole purpose of the universe is unerringly aimed at one thing – you.

There is no God any more divine than Yourself.

When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God.

Resist much, obey little.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.

As soon as histories are properly told there is no more need of romances.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done.

A writer can do nothing for men more necessary, satisfying, than just simply to reveal to them the infinite possibility of their own souls.

I live in one of the coastal cities in Southern California, and every so often I like to take a walk down the boardwalk in Venice during the weekends when it is abuzz with lively activity.

Jeff Sessions, the person who`s likely to become our next attorney general, is striking a very different tone from our current attorney general, Loretta Lynch, who announced a consent decree with the city of Baltimore.

National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.

You’re the best there. You’ve been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we’ll make nice music.

Otherwise, I think the building can be bigger, larger, and the city can be much more crazy. The problem is the government structure is so deadly stupid, not really solving problems but creating a lot of problems itself every day.

I don’t care if this is a great cultural event or a national symbol. It has nothing to do with me. It deals with the city.

In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.

You can put city polish on a man, but by golly, it seems you can’t ever rub it off him.