"We can be the best taught people on the face of the earth but the trouble is we don't live as well as we have been taught."

-- Harold B. Lee

#People Quotes #Earth Quotes #Faces Quotes

“Humor, together with irony,forms a safeguard against idolatry.”
“Like nature itself, modern economic life is driven by relentless competition and unbridled selfishness. Or is it?”
“Whiskey is by far the most popular of all remedies that won't cure a cold.”
“Trees have from time immemorial been closely associated with magic. These stout members of the vegetable kingdom may stand for as long as a thousand years, and tower far above our mortal heads. As such they are symbols and keepers of unlimited power, longevity, and timelessness. An untouched forest, studded with trees of all ages, sizes and types, is more than a mysterious, magical place - it is one of the energy reservoirs of nature. Within its boundaries stand ancient and new sentinels, guardians of the universal force which has manifested on the the Earth. . . .”
“Perfection is impossibility but striving for perfection is not. Do the best you can. That is what counts.”
“Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.”
“Houses of evil similarity appeared like rows of disciplined, humiliated orphans.”
“With buildering, I get to keep that element of danger. Plus, I very much like the feeling of height, and buildings have even more of a feeling of height than rock faces.”

Source : Interview with Ard Arvin, www.buildering.net. June 4, 2006.

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