“I grew up on food stamps. I come from a very humble background. And I've had many friends that have been destitute - you know, running into trouble - and places like The Midnight Mission have given them hope and have fed them and gotten them back on the right path.” KnowsHas BeensRunningGivenPathTroubleGrewGrew UpHumbleMissionsBackgroundsFedsMidnightStampsRight PathMany FriendsDestituteFood Stamps Author:Debi Mazar
“May I say, finally, that I have no illusions of grandeur; quite to the contrary, I am very humble in my knowledge that through forty years of my life my life has been an open book of service to my fellow architects and for the public good.” YearsMayHas BeensBookIllusionFellowsHumbleContraryFortyArchitectGrandeurPublic GoodOpen BookDelusions Of GrandeurIllusions Of Grandeur Author:Ralph Thomas Walker
“The pre-scientific age, whatever its deficiencies, had at least offered its members the peace of mind that follows from knowing all man-made achievements to be nothing next to the grandeur of the universe. We, more blessed in our gadgetry but less humble in our outlook, have been left... having no more compelling repository of veneration than our brilliant, precise, blinkered and morally troubling fellow human beings.” MenMindHumansHas BeensMadeAgeUniverseNextLeftHuman BeingsKnowingMembersAchievementFellowsBlessedHumbleBrilliantPeace Of MindCompellingPreciseOutlookGrandeurDeficiencyVeneration Author:Alain de Botton