"In the Bhagavat culture worship of the spiritual master plays a very important role in our life."

“The Art of Seeing. It is essential to an architect to know how to see: I mean, to see in such a way that the vision is not overpowered by rational analysis.”

Source : Acceptance speech fot the Pritzker Architecture Prize, 1980.

“We are selling ourselves very short by funneling our energies into what the traditional perception is of academic and monetary success.”

“It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks about what's "too much" what's "enough" or if you're telling the "right" stories, just do good work.”

“Of course I think of the past and of Paris, what else is there to remember?”

Source : In a 1960 letter to Natalie Barney, as quoted in "Paris Was a Woman" by Andrea Weiss, (p. 173), 1995.

“The transition to a low-carbon economy will be one of the defining issues of the 21st century. This plan sets out a route-map for the UK's transition from here to 2020...every business, every community will need to be involved. Together we can create a more secure, more prosperous low carbon Britain and a world which is sustainable for future generations.”

“A good teacher is like a good artist. They go right to the most difficult part of whatever's going on.”

“Outside his office my father had a framed copy of a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to his son's teacher, translated into Pashto. It is a very beautiful letter, full of good advice. Teach him, if you can, the wonder of books...But also give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and the flowers on a green hillside, it says. Teach him it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat.”

“To be mistaken is a misfortune to be pitied; but to know the truth and not to conform one's actions to it is a crime which Heaven and Earth condemn.”