It is that of increasing knowledge of empirical fact, intimately combined with changing interpretations of this body of fact – hence changing general statements about it – and, not least, a changing a structure of the theoretical system. – Talcott Parsons
May I say, finally, that I have no illusions of grandeur quite to the contrary, I am very humble in my knowledge that through forty years of my life my life has been an open book of service to my fellow architects and for the public good. – Ralph Thomas Walker
Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within. – Ralph Cudworth
If you’ve lost your enthusiasm, there’s no better place to find it than on a skipping excursion. And, you might just find your lost youth as well! – Jessi Lane Adams
The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do. – Sarah Ban Breathnach, Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy, 1996