Let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work. Let us lead them into the healthy world of primitive building methods, where there was meaning in every stroke of an axe, expression in every bite of chisel.
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Related Education must lead us from the irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgment. It must lead us ... LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE If you look at a building by Mies van der Rohe, it might look very simple, but up close, the sheer q... DAVID CHIPPERFIELD Mies van der Rohe's architecture and modern architecture in general suffered from not only being... CHARLES JENCKS Of course I was already familiar with that saying by Mies van der Rohe, Less is more, but I hadn’t... J.P. DELANEY Let us now yearn for the possibility of building a happiness in every heart. Let us now build inward... BRYANT MCGILL Let us practice the fine art of making every work a priestly ministration. Let us believe that God i... A.W. TOZER The Berlin of the '20s formed the foundation of my future education... the Berlin of the UFA stu... KEN ADAM I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON I don't know the meaning of life. I don't know why we are here. I think life is full of anxieties an... CHARLES M. SCHULZ Home is watching the moon rise over the open, sleeping land and having someone you can call to the w... STEPHEN KING Let us be resolute in prosecuting our ends, and mild in our methods of so doing. AQUAVIVA Road to destination is often very straight with journey smooth, but majority has tendency to meander... ANUJ SOMANY And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion over th... BIBLE Even when all is falling apart there is still hope in the world. Hope, a shining beacon that allows ... AVINA CELESTE There is no greater glory than to die for love. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nasti... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. S... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ We always live in the tommorow,which never comes and which cannot come; it is impossible. That which... OSHO I'm still in disbelief that we won the big one, ... We have a long road ahead of us, and I just pray... FRANCES CHANEY Of course you are American,' he said, and waived his hand, like waving away the sentiment. 'What oth... TONY D'SOUZA There is only one true aristocracy . . . and that is the aristocracy of passionate souls! TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Life begins somewhere and ends somewhere with time but to get somewhere with the life you have depen... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH There are things we don't do. From this moment forth, let us all ensure our every action reflects we... JACK CAMPBELL Tangles of life:
Things are busy, moments are time spent, goals are pathways, experience are shadows... C. ANDREW When a man takes one step toward God, God takes more steps toward that man than there are sands in t... THE WORK OF THE CHARIOT Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let us say, every man is the arch... GEORGE D. BOARDMAN The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN love, I've come to understand is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. NICHOLAS SPARKS As an overruling providence may succeed our wishes, let us rear an offspring in every respect worthy... DEBORAH SAMPSON Clear out the past, layout the present and prepare for a much better and brighter future. OMOAKHUANA ANTHONIA No one should let yesterday use up too much of today. Easy to say, hard to live. ANDREA HAIRSTON It may be the kind where, at the age of thirty, you sit in some bar hating everybody who comes in lo... J.D. SALINGER There was a house at the foot of the tower, close to the thunder of the waves breaking against the c... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ The building just has a bad history, ... We didn't know it in the beginning, so we had to bless the ... DANIEL DAE KIM The meaning of life: For centuries "man" searched for the meaning of life. On that journey, the valu... DORIS J TORRES I can't solve the problems of the world, but being the best person I can be will certainly lessen th... JIM GENOVESE If you say you will lead a people to a new age then do it, but don't hide behind your laws as an exc... DEAN IBERHYSAJ It is not the grain of grass that will decide mans future but the bullet that comes from the barrel ... DEAN IBERHYSAJ Philosophies of the world:
Indian Philosophy: Survive and grow
Chinese Philosophy: Lets fake it
West... APURVA GAGLANI Controlling, Sickening, Demoralizing, Disgraceful, Limiting, and Falsely "Ambitionizingly" Repetitiv... NICKOLE SANDERS All it took was for them to put that ball in the net against us to let us know that we were hungry f... DUANE DESPAIN Mindfulness is observing the beauty of every moment unfolding before us. AMIT RAY Let each of us lead a revolution of support in the lives of others. BRYANT MCGILL Current public diplomacy and foreign policy making reduces the role of American citizens to mere spe... NANCY SNOW We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed... JOHN H. GROBERG The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity o... MICHAEL JACKSON When you STEPOUT, you will Stand out, when you stand out you will definitely be Noticed and when you... OSCAR BIMPONG Life is not always easy for anyone of us. Everybody goes through ups and downs in life. Life is not ... AVIJEET DAS Discipline? I don't know the meaning of the word. LIAM GALLAGHER When everything is said and done, all we have left is the content of our character and the quality o... JAMES P KREHBIEL We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but tw... CHARLES BAUDELAIRE It's not the end of the world, but you can see it from there. PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU Earth rejoices our words, breathing and peaceful steps. Let every breath, every word and every step ... AMIT RAY In times of war let us remember our soldiers; in times of peace let us remember our soldiers KEVIN I.E2 GBOBOH Let us liberate ourselves from any form of control. Let us focus at the inner drum, where the rhythm... GRIGORIS DEOUDIS We all know the feeling of surrendering to the embedded biases of our devices. We let our cell phone... DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF Proficiency in a craft is essential to every artist. Therein lies the prime source of creative imagi... WALTER GROPIUS Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it. POPE JOHN PAUL II Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on... POPE JOHN PAUL II Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry a... POPE JOHN PAUL II Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimate... POPE JOHN PAUL II I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly moth... POPE JOHN PAUL II The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a pro... POPE JOHN PAUL II From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can ... POPE JOHN PAUL II Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. POPE JOHN PAUL II An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded. POPE JOHN PAUL II Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. POPE JOHN PAUL II The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and ... POPE JOHN PAUL II Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, on... POPE JOHN PAUL II Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressi... POPE JOHN PAUL II The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not d... POPE JOHN PAUL II To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the... POPE JOHN PAUL II Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural ... POPE JOHN PAUL II When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law e... POPE JOHN PAUL II You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day t... POPE JOHN PAUL II The future starts today, not tomorrow. POPE JOHN PAUL II The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels ... POPE JOHN PAUL II Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create. POPE JOHN PAUL II Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and b... POPE JOHN PAUL II The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to re... POPE JOHN PAUL II Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men. POPE JOHN PAUL II Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, ther... POPE JOHN PAUL II There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you... POPE JOHN PAUL II I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin. POPE JOHN PAUL II The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The kindness that we receive from others in life, is also the kindness that we will want to give. Th... C. JOYBELL C. We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by the... US DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Let us face ourselves bravely as we are. For only a philosophy that recognizes reality can lead us ... LIN YUTANG And people get all fouled up because they want the world to have meaning as if it were words... As i... ALAN W. WATTS When you know that something's going to happen, you'll start trying to see signs of its approach in ... DAVID EDDINGS What's the meaning of life? Other people. JOHN GREEN Let us go where skins are rainbows Enhanced by every hue. Where genders are clouds KAMAND KOJOURI Our young people look up to us. Let us not let them down. Our young people need us. Saving them will... GALE SAYERS I do not want a player who is a perfect man and has a fantastic character. That’s the kind of guy ... JOSé MOURINHO When I was a kid, I thought I had my life figured out. I knew where I was going. I was sure of whom ... CRISTINA MARRERO In Hong Kong, I read Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “Love in the Time of Cholera”, in which the hero... GRAEME SIMSION Boating is a wonderful and relaxing pastime, however it is not without its hazards. CAPTAIN HANK BRACKER Let us unite the world through the compassion for our children. KAILASH SATYARTHI The scars of others should teach us caution. ST. JEROME
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We have to think again about light as a default solu... ROGIER VAN DER HEIDE There is actually a physical connection between light and our health and wellbeing. ROGIER VAN DER HEIDE My father was a schoolteacher and my mother came from a teacher's family. SIMON VAN DER MEER Dit is geen kroeg of studentehuis. Dit is een ziekenhuis en het is niet de bedoeling dat hier 's avo... MYRTHE VAN DER MEER Modern man has lost the sense of wonder about the unknown and he treats it as an enemy. LAURENS VAN DER POST We have the responsibility to care for the ocean as it cares for us SUZANNE VAN DER VEEKEN Life begins as a quest of the child for the man and ends as a journey by the man to rediscover the c... LAURENS VAN DER POST Organized religion is making Christianity political rather than making politics Christian. LAURENS VAN DER POST I always show up to work and give it everything, and some things turn out better than others - and s... 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VAN DER KOLK Traumatized people chronically feel unsafe inside their bodies: The past is alive in the form of gna... BESSEL A. VAN DER KOLK I live my life to the Power of "E.X.T.R.E.M.E." but i can multiply it by whatever is on the table... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Leave your Legacy on earth when you leave, to continue changing lives when you no longer can.. SHANE J VAN DER VELDE If your doors keep on becoming walls, your ideas are not explosive enough... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE You can stand first in line at the door of destiny, but only you can open it and walk through... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE We are not living in a tech starved world, so how do we build the next biggest thing? One idea at a ... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Walking a thousand roads throughout my life, some good and some bad. I realised the one constant was... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE There were times i was sure and i tried, then times i was not sure and i never tried... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Instead of trying to change the world, rebuild it in code... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE I believe that one day we will all be free, on this day our time on earth will be done... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE We all have a time and place, we would return to in the blink of an eye... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Your passion can be measured by success, the more passionate you are the more determined you will be... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE To master your enemy, is to master their mind. Once you own their mind, you own them... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Any argument that is built wholly upon the denigration of another, without any reference to evidence... JOHANNES DIRK VAN DER MEER Beauty is not a mindset, its how you set that beautiful mind... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE In a world that has everything, it’s time to create the nothing... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Life is short with room for mistakes, just don't let mistakes take up too much room... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE If time is all we have, then time is all we need... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE When i didn't pass anyone, i thought i was running the race of life alone. Then i realised i was in ... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Just take another shot, because one more shot might be all you have got... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE We all have a love for something, its what we love that ultimately sets us apart... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Rebooting my life... Please wait... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE When we change the world, we try to change future events, time lines, outcomes or even sources of ev... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE The Ghost's of your yesterday are knocking at your door, they want to give you back the key to your ... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE I have wondered if world changers had any idea of the impact their vision would have on humanity. Ma... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE There were times in my life i thought for sure the end was near. But it was only the end of that tim... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Time may be a finely woven thread, yet it holds our yesterday, today and tomorrow together... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Time will have its place, and every place will have its time... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE