"One of man's basic concerns is a house - a place to find protection from the rain and elements. But a house can be much more than a building. It is the social context of his family life -\-\ the place where he loves and shares with this closest to him."

-- Pedro Arrupe

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“As Danton sees it, the most bizarre aspect of Camille's character is his desire to scribble over every blank surface; he sees a guileless piece of paper, virgin and harmless, and persecutes it till it is black with words, and then besmirches its sister, and so on, through the quire.”
“Society is not homogeneous, and those who do not deliberately close their eyes have to recognize that men differ greatly from one another from the physical, moral, and intellectual viewpoints.”

Source : Vilfredo Pareto (1971). “Manual of political economy”, Augustus m Kelley Pubs
“I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet. But I'm an optimist. We will reach out to the stars.”
“How could I share the way my heart was breaking when my confessor didnâ€™t believe”
“Great hearts alone understand how much glory there is in being good.”

Source : Jules Michelet (1847). “History of France: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time”, p.169
“Radar is too long in the tooth for fine detail.”

Source : Peter Watts (2014). “Firefall”, p.34, Head of Zeus
“Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness â€“ all of them due to the offendersâ€™ ignorance of what is good or evil.”
“Allow your passion to become your purpose, and it will one day become your profession.”

Source : Twitter post from May 23, 2012

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