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Quote by Arnold J. Toynbee

“Angkor is perhaps the greatest of Man's essays in rectangular architecture that has yet been brought to life.”

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Arnold J. Toynbee was a British historian known for his study of historical cycles. His magnum opus, 'A Study of History', is a multi-volume work that explores the rise and fall of human civilizations. more

“The point of Buddhist meditation is not to stop thinking, for cultivation of insight clearly requires intelligent use of thought and discrimination. What needs to be stopped is conceptualisation that is compulsive, mechanical and unintelligent, that is, activity that is always fatiguing, usually pointless, and at times seriously harmful.”

Thinking Needs Use Meditation Activity Intelligent Insight Discrimination Buddhist Pointless Cultivation Unintelligent Buddhist Meditation

Author:B. Alan Wallace

“Love: It is like a cigar. If it goes out, you can light it again but it never tastes quite the same.”

Ifs Love Light Taste Cigar

Author:Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell

“Art is not made only one way, art is a point of view? Rembrandt in our days would be Rembrandt again, because the work of the master is his self. But in order to be Rembrandt in ourdayshe would have used new ways that would give a new culture.”

Way Giving Art Made Self Would Be Used Order Culture Views Masters Art Is Point Of View One Way New Ways New Cultures

Author:Marianne von Werefkin

“There is no history of artthere is the history of artists.”

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Author:Marianne von Werefkin

“My programme, The Art of Creative Expression, empowers young people with tools to express themselves. We teach photography, art and drama, but it's not just the medium that's important, it's about what you are trying to say.”

People Trying Art Important Young Teach Creative Expression Drama Photography Tools Mediums Empowering Programmes Creative Expression

Author:Dawud Wharnsby Ali

“Allah made us all a different shade and colour. Nations and tribes recognize one another! 'Cause every single person is your sister and brother.”

Persons Made Different Nations Causes Brother Colour Shade Tribes Brothers And Sisters Single Person

Author:Dawud Wharnsby Ali

“I've always believed in people's capacity for goodness. I still believe that people are good. What I'm not so trusting about anymore is their relationship to their own goodness.”

People Believe Stills Goodness Capacity I Still Believe

Author:Anne Hathaway

“Put all our pride away, always find a gentle word to say, you know we shouldn't be full of ourselves when we should be full of humility .”

Knows Should Humility Pride Gentle

Author:Dawud Wharnsby Ali

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