#ills

It is not possible to make great buildings, or great towns, beautiful places, places where you feel yourself, places where you feel alive, except by following this way. And, as you will see, this way will lead anyone who looks for it to buildings which are themselves as ancient in their form, as the trees and hills, and as our faces are. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

#ancient #anyone #beautiful #beautiful places #buildings

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself. ↗

— James Allen

#coerce #command #guidance #him #himself

Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage. ↗

— Woody Allen

#beverage #does #frequently #kill #kills

Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community. ↗

— Kofi Annan

#business #civil #civil society #community #global

Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills. ↗

— Minna Antrim

#bills #experience #good #good teacher #sends

It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#does #far #god #him #himself

The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one. ↗

— Brooks Atkinson

#fatal #fixed #growth #illusion #kills

Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#despise #else #like #nature #welcome

It is very difficult to undersatnd man. It is also very difficult to understand what a man does. If he is able to give an explanation, it may be easier. Even then everything can not be understood. Words have their limitation and comprehension, its limits. So if we are able to understand 25% of what is being said, even that should be deemed, as good communication skills are very good. Beyond this one should not even aspire for. ↗

— Aacharya Mahapragya

#communication #explanation #goal-setting #human-being #life

No kidding. That's really true. You're paying your own bills through this. It's not a pleasant experience. ↗

— Bruce Babbitt

#experience #kidding #own #paying #pleasant