What did Lewis Mumford mean by: The self holds both a hell and a heaven. - Lewis Mumford Historian · USA Copy
+ Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life’s absurdities by thinking absurdly about them. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lewis Mumford, Funny, Humor, 0 - Lewis Mumford Historian · USA
+ Order and creativity are complementary. Feraz Zeid, October 3, 2023December 26, 2023, Lewis Mumford, Chaos, Creativity, 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
+ Don’t take the will for the deed; get the deed. Feraz Zeid, June 26, 2023December 12, 2023, Lewis Mumford, Advice, Ambitious, Deeds, 0 - Lewis Mumford Historian · USA
+ A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lewis Mumford, Courage, Motivational, 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
+ 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
+ The ultimate gift of conscious life is a sense of the mystery that encompasses it. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lewis Mumford, Consciousness, Mystery, 0 - Lewis Mumford Historian · USA
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
There’s no dew left on the daisies and clover; there’s no rain left in heaven. - Jean Ingelow Poet · England
You moon, have you done something wrong in heaven / That God has hidden your face? - Jean Ingelow Poet · England
If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Nations and men are only the best when they are the gladdest, and deserve heaven when they enjoy it. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
If I was bound for hell, let it be hell. No more false heaven. No more damned magic. - Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica