A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is...

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is...

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger...

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger...

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up....

I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up....

Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt.

Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt.

The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.

The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We...

When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We...

An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised.

Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised.

All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like...

All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like...

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more...

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more...

The architectural profession gave the public 50 years of modern architecture and the public's response...

The architectural profession gave the public 50 years of modern architecture and the public's response...

Architecture is music in space, as it were a frozen music

Architecture is music in space, as it were a frozen music