"The difference between architecture and building is..." - Quote by Swami Vivekananda

“Renunciation is the very basis upon which ethics stands.”

“We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.”

“The power of concentration is the only key to the treasure-house of knowledge.”

“The modern naturalist must realize that in some of its branches his profession, while more than ever a science, has also become an art.”

“I would confide to you perhaps my secret profession of faith - which is ... which is ... that let us say and do what we please and can ... there is a natural inferiority of mind in women - of the intellect ... not by any means, of the moral nature - and that the history of Art and of genius testifies to this fact openly.”

“There are two classes of men called poets. The one cultivates life, the other art,... one satisfies hunger, the other gratifies the palate.”

“The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.”

“If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture.”

“I knew that the wall was the main thing in Quebec, and had cost a great deal of money.... In fact, these are the only remarkable walls we have in North America, though we have a good deal of Virginia fence, it is true.”