Let others build a cave with their clay. I will build a castle with mine.

If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards.

Every spirit makes his own house, but as afterwards the house confines its spirit, you had better build well.

In order that the ruler and the general manager can build everything for you concerning the fortress, carry out this work on the fortress now. The reputation of this fortress shall not be diminished.

But we have to nurse and cherish and cultivate it.

Take pride in what you do. Remember your name is on every ‘fence’ you build. Do your best in everything, so you can look back on your work with pride.

make sure
the walls
you build
to protect yourself
do not become a prison

If I build a castle of love [i.e., mystical knowledge]
for the suffering people, they kill me!
If I don’t build I die!

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

If you wish your house to be well managed, imitate the Spartan Lycurgus. For as he did not fence his city with walls, but fortified the inhabitants by virtue and preserved the city always free;35 so do you not cast around (your house) a large court and raise high towers, but strengthen the dwellers by good-will and fidelity and friendship, and then nothing harmful will enter it, not even if the whole band of wickedness shall array itself against it.

Wouldn't it be fun if all the castles in the air which we make could come true and we could live in them?

Details reveal themselves as you use what you’re building. You’ll see what needs more attention. You’ll feel what’s missing. You’ll know which potholes to pave over because you’ll keep hitting them. That’s when you need to pay attention, not sooner.

Build therefore your own world.

make sure the walls you build to protect yourself do not become a prison