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Quote by Louis Kahn

“Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall parted and the column became.”

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Louis Kahn, born on February 20, 1901, and died on March 17, 1974, was one of the most influential architects of the 20th century. Known for his unique modernist style and profound philosophical thinking, Kahn's works have had a profound impact on architecture. more

“Everyone loves his own country, customs, language, wife, children, not because they are the best in the world, but because they are his established property, and he loves in them himself, and the labor he has bestowed on them. The working of revolutions, therefore, misleads me no more; it is as necessary to our race as its waves to the stream, that it may not be a stagnant marsh. Ever renewed in its forms, the genius of humanity blossoms.”

World May Children Country Form Humanity Language Race Wife Revolution Genius Labor Property Wave Streams Customs One Love Mislead Stagnant Marshes

Author:Johann Gottfried Herder

“Better three hours too soon, than one hour to late.”

Three Hours Late One Hour

Author:William Shakespeare

“It is very difficult to tell the truth.”

Difficult Telling The Truth

Book:WAR AND PEACE Complete Edition – All 15 Books in One Volume (World Classics Series): The Magnum Opus of the Greatest Russian Novelists and Author of Anna Karenina & The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Including the Biography & Memoirs of the Author)

Source: WAR AND PEACE Complete Edition – All 15 Books in One Volume (World Classics Series): The Magnum Opus of the Greatest Russian Novelists and Author of Anna Karenina & The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Including the Biography & Memoirs of the Author)

“The only durable community is the one that embraces the whole planet, wild and tame . . .”

Whole Community Planets Embrace

Author:Scott Sanders

“Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies.”

People Argument

Author:John Henry Newman

“When I am told (by those who confuse predestination with God's providence) that God already knows who will be saved and who will be damned, and therefore anything we do is useless, I usually answer with four truths that the bible spells out for us:God wants that everyone be saved; No one is predestined to go to hell; Jesus died for everyone; and everyone is given sufficient graces for salvation.”