"Progress is made by the improvement of people, not the improvement of machines."

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Source : Adrian Tchaikovsky (2009). “Blood of the Mantis: Shadows of the Apt”, p.203, Pan Macmillan

Adrian Tchaikovsky

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“Every time we teach a child something, we keep him from inventing it himself. On the other hand, that which we allow him to discover for himself will remain with him visible for the rest of his life.”
“In vain do we seek to awaken our churches to zeal in evangelism as a separate thing. To be genuine it must flow from love to Christ. It is when a sense of personal communion with the Son of God is highest that we shall be most fit for missionary work, either ourselves or to stir up others.”
“A 60-story tower in New York evokes a 70-story tower in Chicago [and] a 60-story tower in New York evokes a 70-story tower directly across the street.”

Source : Jean Ferriss Leich, Hugh Ferriss (1980). “Architectural visions: the drawings of Hugh Ferriss”
“Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge.”
“I was weirdly obsessed with music until I was 11, and then I turned into a nerd.”
“I was being musically mentored by a lot of people who were obviously more talented and skilled than I was, and I thought that I would just kind of learn the ropes of songwriting there - like how to do acoustic, country-esque songs, which I like because there's so much story in them.”
“If you're outside the path of totality eclipse, if there's any way you can get into the path of totality for the eclipse, do it. Take the day off. Take the kids out of school. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for most people to see a total eclipse, and it is one of the grandest sights in all of nature. It's something you'll always remember, and you'll pass stories of it onto your grandchildren.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com
“Lord Jesus, make us capable of loving as you love.”

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