“There is only one inborn erroneous notion ... that we exist in order to be happy ... So long as we persist in this inborn error ... the world seems to us full of contradictions. For at every step, in great things and small, we are bound to experience that the world and life are certainly not arranged for the purpose of maintaining a happy existence ... hence the countenances of almost all elderly persons wear the expression of ... disappointment.” WorldPersonsLongSeemsPurposeOrderExistenceStepsExpressionErrorsNotionBoundsDisappointmentInsightGreat ThingsContradictionPersistMaintainingElderlyEvery StepCountenanceWorld And Life Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“While a great many other ideas and measures are of prime importance for the good life of the community, that which concerns its architectural expression is the notion of the community as limited in numbers, and in area... To express these relations clearly, to embody them in buildings and roads and gardens in which each individual structure will be subordinated to the whole - this is the end of community planning.” IdeasEndsWholeIndividualCommunityNumbersBuildingExpressionAreasConcernGardenImportanceRelationStructureNotionArchitecturePlanningGreat MenPrimeGood Life Author:Lewis Mumford
“But so many Christians are like deaf people at a concert. They study the programme carefully, believe every statement make in it, speak respectfully of the quality of the music, but only really hear a phrase now and again. So they have no notion at all of the mighty symphony which fills the universe, to which our lives are destined to make their tiny contribution, and which is the self-expression of the Eternal God.” PeopleBelieveSelfChristianUniverseSpeakQualityChristianityStudyOur LivesExpressionEternalNotionTinyStatementsPhrasesContributionConcertsDestinedDeafSymphonySelf ExpressionProgrammes Book:Advent with Evelyn Underhill Source: Advent with Evelyn Underhill
“If it is to be effective as a tool of thought, a notation must allow convenient expression not only of notions arising directly from a problem, but also of those arising in subsequent analysis, generalization, and specialization.” IfsProblemExpressionToolsNotionAnalysisConvenientGeneralizationSpecialization Author:Kenneth E. Iverson
“It is a distortion of the notion of romantic love to want to see obedience as the quintessential expression of respect.” WantExpressionNotionObedienceRomantic LoveDistortionQuintessential Book:Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life Source: Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life