"The way that I see Christianity is that its role is to enhance the life of every person."

-- John Shelby Spong

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“Architecture is not a private affair; even a house must serve a whole family and its friends, and most buildings are used by everybody, people of all walks of life. If a building is to meet the needs of all the people, the architect must look for some common ground of understanding and experience.”
“You want to learn about what's already in their heads. You want to avoid putting things there.”
“Some people who experience a religious conversion seem to undergo a personality change. They can be quite congenial and easygoing when talking about mundane things, but when they start talking about their faith, their demeanor changes. Their tone of voice modifies, their smile becomes tense and they become defensive when questioned about their evidence for belief. It becomes difficult to have a friendly conversation with them.”

Source : "The God Virus: How Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture". Book by Darrel Ray, 2009.
“Beirut is where I was born and raised.”
“Shall we go dance the hay, the hay? Never pipe could ever play Better shepherd's roundelay.”

Source : Nicholas Breton (1927). “Phillida and Coridon: and other pastorals”
“No stir of air was there, Not so much life as on a summer's day Robs not one light seed from the feather'd grass, But where the dead leaf fell, there did it rest.”
“Angels are endowed with the noblest created Attributes. They are endowed with wonderful Power. This perfection of Angels is forcibly indicated by the fact that the name Power, or Might, is in several places given to them in the Gospel. No stronger testimony of their high possession of this attribute can be conveyed by a single word; for it is a direct declaration that their nature is power itself.”
“Did you ever feel that you were missing someone you had never met?”

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