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Lewis Mumford Quotes: Life is an art we are required to practice without preparation, a score that we play at sight even before we have mastered our instruments.
         

Life is an art we are required to practice without preparation, a score that we play at sight even before we have mastered our instruments.


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A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.



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Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.



The cities and mansions that people dream of are those in which they finally live.

The cities and mansions that people dream of are those in which they finally live.



Adding highway lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.

Adding highway lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.



A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.

A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.



Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.



A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.



Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends.

Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends.



Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities.

Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities.



To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.

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She stared at her face in the mirror, feeling everything around her slipping away. The face stared back, and she wondered who was looking at her.

She stared at her face in the mirror, feeling everything around her slipping away. The face stared back, and she wondered who was looking at her.




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It is possible to refine awareness itself so much that the emptiness of things, and the role mental construction plays, becomes a directly apprehended reality.



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Today I am the happiest man in the world, my son was born and thanks to God for this gift.



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Each one of us is an outlet to God and an inlet to God.



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To me, patriotism is about working ethically and wholeheartedly in our chosen field.



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You have to feel your own personal truth with a little ‘t’ – your sadness, rage, frustration for example -- in order to get to the Truth with a big ‘T’.



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Our Lady is always close to us, especially when we feel the weight of life with all its problems




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