"The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person driving them."

-- Norman Foster

#Dumb Quotes #Driving Quotes #Architecture Quotes

“The shadow disguises itself in our projections, when we react intensely to a trait in others that we fail to see in ourselves.”

Source : Connie Zweig, Steven Wolf (2009). “Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life”, p.40, Wellspring/Ballantine
“Animals are being exploited in such an unbelievable way; it's not acceptable. PETA is trying to get your attention, and they're successful at it. ... If you talk to people who grew up on a farm, they'll tell you that they had an experience where they were taking care of a cow, and one day their parents took it away and killed it. It's a torturous experience for them, and that's when they became hard. People are taught to be grown-up or whatever, and that's dumb. That bond they had with that cow or chicken was real.”
“Pretending that the world’s religions are the same does not make our world safer. Like all forms of ignorance, it makes our world more dangerous. What we need on this furiously religious planet is a realistic view of where religious rivals clash and where they can cooperate.”

Source : Stephen Prothero (2010). “God Is Not One”, p.10, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Trust me. If you do not decide where you are heading, and refuse to take the appropriate action, you will end up being shaped into what others would have you become. Then any change will not be made for your benefit but for theirs.”
“A pure heart won't get us out of conflict and controversy. It may well be the very thing that gets us into it.”
“The only person who is hurt by jealousy is you... Eliminate that word from your life... it may not make you unsuccessful selling your art, but it will destroy your happiness.”
“Religion is not the root of all evil, for no one thing is the root of all anything.”
“A life of fulfillment is one in which we put urgency in its place and remember that the ultimate target is to spend our lives doing the things we believe are most important to us.”

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