"I think architecture becomes interesting when it has a double character, that is, when it is as simple as possible but, at the same time as complex as possible"

-- Tadao Ando

#Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Simple Quotes

“I love my DSL, but I love my WiFi more. And I probably get on the Internet 40 percent to 50 percent more because of the combination of those technologies.”
“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.”
“When I see someone who reads something of mine and draws something out of it that's very different from my perspective, I think that's actually cool. Sometimes it's worrisome when you feel they badly misinterpret it, but it just says that they're thinking, and they're bringing their own interpretation to bear on it. That's part of the wonderful thing about putting words into the world, and if I was worried about that, I couldn't be a writer.”
“Every element has a sound, an original sound from the order of God; all those sounds unite like the harmony from harps and zithers.”
“There is nothing better or morenecessary than love.”
“I look forward to the day when animals will have the right to run if they have legs, swim if they have fins, and fly if they have wings.”
“We can extrapolate from the study that for the long term individual investor who maintains a consistent asset allocation and leans toward index funds, asset allocation determines about 100% of performance.”
“As Gandhi wisely points out, even as we serve others we are working on ourselves; every act, every word, every gesture of genuine compassion naturally nourishes our own hearts as well. It is not a question of who is healed first. When we attend to ourselves with compassion and mercy, more healing is made available for others. And when we serve others with an open and generous heart, great healing comes to us.”

Source : Wayne Muller (1993). “Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantage of a Painful Childhood”, p.182, Simon and Schuster

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