"It is a feeble compassion that pulls up short where self-interest begins."

-- Norm Phelps

#Buddhist Quotes #Compassion Quotes #Self Quotes

“A workman is not just a workman. A laborer is not just a laborer. An office worker is not just an office worker. They are living, breathing, important pillars on which the entire structure of our civilization is erected. They are not cogs in a mighty machine. They are the machine itself.”
“In my dreams, I never have an age.”
“From my perspective, 'postmodernism' merely names an interesting set of developments in the social order that is based on the presumption that God does not matter.”
“Egyptian pyramids or obelisks – seemed to be the basis of the great memorials that have kept their significance and dignity across time. Neither an obelisk nor a rectangular box nor a dome seemed right on this site or for this purpose. But here, at the edge of the Mississippi River, a great arch did seem right.”

Source : "Eero Saarinen on His Work: A Selection of Buildings Dating from 1947 to 1964 with Statements by the Architect".
“Might have gone further and have fared worse.”
“Perhaps no philosopher is more correct than the cynic. The happiness of the animal, that thorough cynic, is the living proof of cynicism.”
“Children are the true connoisseurs. Whatâ€™s precious to them has no price, only value.”

Source : Bel Kaufman (2012). “This and That: Random Thoughts and Recollections”, p.58, Open Road Media
“To speak about notation as the only way that you can guarantee structure of course is already very suspect.”

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