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“I like the thought that what we are to do on this earth is embellish it for its greater beauty, so that oncoming generations can look back to the shapes we leave here and get the same thrill that I get in looking back at theirs - at the Parthenon, at Chartres Cathedral.”

Looks Earth Greater Generations Shapes Looking Back Thrill Cathedrals Parthenon

Author:Philip Johnson

“The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it. If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of ore; if a river is one of the veins of the land, not potential irrigation water; if a forest is a sacred grove, not timber; if other species are biological kin, not resources; or if the planet is our mother, not an opportunity -- then we will treat each other with greater respect. Thus is the challenge, to look at the world from a different perspective.”

“Globalization makes our economy, our health, and our security all captive to events on the other side of the world. And no other nation on earth has a greater capacity to shape that global system, or to build consensus around a new set of international rules that expand the zones of freedom, personal safety, and economic well-being. Like it or not, if we want to make America more secure, we are going to have to help make the world more secure.”

Source: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

“I cannot conceive of a greater wounding of the heart of Christ than to pay reverence to anything in the shape of a cross, or to bow before a crucifix!”

Heart Christ Pay Greater Shapes Crosses Reverence Bows

Book:The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 44: Sermons 2549-2602

Source: The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 44: Sermons 2549-2602

“Is there a greater tragedy imaginable than that, in our endeavour consciously to shape our future in accordance with high ideals, we should in fact unwittingly produce the very opposite of what we have been striving for?”

Should Has Beens Facts Greater Produce Shapes Ideals Opposites Tragedy Strive Investing Our Future Endeavour

Author:Friedrich August von Hayek

“The shadow of an exit of Greece from the euro zone takes on ever clearer shape, repeated apparently final attempts to reach a deal are starting to make the whole process look ridiculous. There is an ever greater number of people who feel as if the Greek government is giving them the run-around.”

People Ifs Giving Feels Looks Whole Government Running Process Deals Numbers Greater Shapes Shadow Finals Starting Ridiculous Greek Zone Greece Exit Euro

Author:Sigmar Gabriel