"It is one thing to say that the dwelling has symbolic and cosmological aspects... and another to say that it has been erected for ritual purposes and is neither shelter nor dwelling but a temple."

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Source : "Architecture and Order: Approaches to Social Space" by Michael Parker Pearson, ‎Colin Richards, (p. 49), 2003.

Anatol Rapoport

#Dwelling Quotes #Purpose Quotes #Shelter Quotes

“No verse which is unmusical or obscure can be regarded as poetry whatever other qualities it may possess.”

Source : "The Bridling of Pegasus: Prose Papers on Poetry". Book by Alfred Austin, 1910.
“You can,t make yourself happy by causing other peoples misery -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys”
“I sleep well. It's the politicians who are to blame for failing to come to an agreement and resorting to violence.”

Source : "AK-47 Inventor Says Conscience Is Clear" by Joel Roberts, www.cbsnews.com. July 6, 2007.
“Lakers are my boys! I'm 100 percent the biggest Kobe fan on the planet. I text him after every game to tell him what's up.”
“To seek God by rituals is to get the ritual and lose God in the process”
“Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help.”
“To some men peace merely means the liberty to exploit other people without fear of retaliation or interference. To others peace means the freedom to rob others without interruption. To still others it means the leisure to devour the goods of the earth without being compelled to interrupt their pleasures to feed those whom their greed is starving. And to practically everybody peace simply means the absence of any physical violence that might cast a shadow over lives devoted to the satisfaction of their animal appetites for comfort and pleasure.”
“If you are a rich person straining every sinew to keep every last pound in your pocket, there comes a point when you realize you are not just escaping the clutches of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. You are passing a greater burden on to people poorer than yourself, and depriving even poorer people of your support.”

Source : House of Commons Debates, publications.parliament.uk. June 22, 2010.

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