A man is ethical only when life as such is sacred to him that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men and expects to make a living at it.

You know what they call the fellow who finishes last in his medical school graduating class? They call him 'Doctor.'

Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does.

I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of citizenship. I am so proud to now be a part of such an extraordinary part of the world and fellow citizen to the people I deeply love and admire.

Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.

The people and the mindset that killed 3 000 of our fellow citizens on September 11 2001 would have killed not 3 0 but 300 000 if they could have or 3 million or 30 million. We need to do everything we can within our value systems and legal structures to make sure that doesn't happen.

Patriotism when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.

May I say finally that I have no illusions of grandeur quite to the contrary I am very humble in my knowledge that through forty years of my life my life has been an open book of service to my fellow architects and for the public good.