“There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory.”

“True education is a kind of never ending story — a matter of continual beginnings, of habitual fresh starts, of persistent newness.”

“A great building must begin with the immeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed, and in the end must be unmeasured.”

“Great beginnings are not as important as the way one finishes.”

“It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn’t matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over. Slowly, I began to realize that I could not go back and force things to be as they once were: those two years, which up until then had seemed an endless inferno, were now beginning to show me their true meaning.”

“It appears to me that man must always have war. When one great rebellion ends, another will begin. Do they fight for a great cause or is it egos that must be conquered?”