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Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change. ”
Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind. ”
The more a person learns how to use the forces of nature for his own purposes, by means of perfecting the sciences and the invention and improvement of machines, the more he will produce. ”
Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it. ”
News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news. ”
Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change the world again. ”
Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the most necessary, the most natural matter on this planet is death. ”
The progress of the natural sciences in modern times has of course so much exceeded all expectations that any suggestion that there may be some limits to it is bound to arouse suspicion. ”
Beauty doesn't have to be the perfect image. It's more interesting to have something a bit off. ”
My architectural drive was to design new types of buildings to help poor people, especially following natural disasters and catastrophes... I will use whatever time is left to me to keep doing what I have been doing, which is to help humanity. ”