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“Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness.”
Source : Nathaniel Morton, William Bradford, Thomas Prince, Edward Winslow (1669). “New-England's Memorial”, p.23
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“But I have seen thee And thou art enough.”
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“It is possible to make buildings by stringing together patterns, in a rather loose way. A building made like this, is an assembly of patterns. It is not dense. It is not profound. But it is also possible to put patterns together in such a way that many patterns overlap in the same physical space: the building is very dense; it has many meanings captured in a small space; and through this density, it becomes profound.”
Source : Christopher Alexander (1977). “A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction”, p.41, Oxford University Press
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“The claws of Truth were painful. The lies tore away like scabs, and John bled there for hours, stifling his cries of pain in the sleeve of his overcoat - the overcoat he'd received from his father.”
Source : Frank Peretti (2012). “Prophet: A Novel”, p.323, Simon and Schuster
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“Communicating and celebrating the times when individuals have made values-based decisions is, of course, empowering and can provide role models. But perhaps more importantly, it removes the sense of futility that often prevents employees from speaking up.”
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“No single initiative by itself can solve the climate crisis.”
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“More than Israel has kept the Sabbath, the Sabbath has kept Israel.”
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“When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory, we must accept the fact and abandon the theory, even when the theory is supported by great names and generally accepted.”
Source : Claude Bernard “Experimental Medicine”, Transaction Publishers
