What did Lewis Mumford mean by: I’m a pessimist about probabilities, I’m an optimist about possibilities. - Lewis Mumford Historian · USA Copy
+ Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lewis Mumford, Past, Pessimist, Tradition, 0 - Lewis Mumford Historian · USA
+ War is both the product of an earlier corruption, and a producer of new corruptions. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lewis Mumford, Corruption, Producers, War, 0 - Lewis Mumford Historian · USA
+ Nothing endures except life: the capacity for birth, growth, and renewal. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lewis Mumford, Birth, Growth, Immortality, 0 - Lewis Mumford Historian · USA
+ Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lewis Mumford, Car, Cities, Lovers, 0 - Lewis Mumford Historian · USA
+ Only when love takes the lead will the earth, and life on earth, be safe again. And not until then. Feraz Zeid, January 14, 2024January 14, 2024, Lewis Mumford, Earth, Safe, 0 - Lewis Mumford Historian · USA
+ In war, the army is not merely a pure consumer, but a negative producer. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lewis Mumford, Army, Peace, War, 0 - Lewis Mumford Historian · USA
+ Trend is not destiny. Feraz Zeid, September 8, 2023December 26, 2023, Lewis Mumford, Destiny, Trends, 0 - Lewis Mumford Historian · USA
+ Genuine [economic] value lies in the power to sustain or enrich life Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lewis Mumford, Genuine, Lying, 0 - Lewis Mumford Historian · USA
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
The marathon is a competition between your will and your possibilities - Jeff Galloway Running coach · USA
The mere possibility provides no warrant for denying what I clearly grasp. - William Lane Craig Philosopher and theologian
I was an English major, so I love discussing possibilities and alternate theories. - William Mapother
The world belongs to optimists; the pessimists are only spectators. - Francois Guizot French Statesman · France
