"...frequent streets and short blocks are valuable because of the fabric of intricate cross-use that they permit among the users of a city neighbouhood."

-- Jane Jacobs

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“Instead of searching for what you want externally, concentrate on developing mental pictures of your desires. Surround these images with feelings of security, gratitude, and faith; and know that what youâ€™ve been looking for is on its way to you right now.”

Source : "I Am That" by Nisargadatta Maharaj, p. 144, 1973.
“We humans have existed in our present form for about a hundred thousand years. I believe that if during this time the human mind had been primarily controlled by anger and hatred, our overall population would have decreased. But today, despite all our wars, we find that the human population is greater than ever. This clearly indicates to me that love and compassion predominate in the world. And this is why unpleasant events are "news"; compassionate activities are so much a part of daily life that they are taken for granted and , therefore, largely ignored.”
“Healing is simply attempting to do more of those things that bring joy and fewer of those things that bring pain”
“There comes a point where emotions must give way to objective facts.”
“The pollution of the planet is only an outward reflection of an inner psychic pollution: millions of unconscious individuals not taking responsibility for their inner space.”
“Human beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence.”
“I'm not so facile that I can accomplish or find out what I want to know or explore enough of the possibilities and a way of making a painting, say, in just one painting or two paintings”
“It is often true that those who sit in the wings can see more than the players.”

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