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Quote by Lewis Mumford
Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists abou

Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past. – Lewis Mumford

Other quotes by Lewis Mumford

A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day and a succession of such days is fatal to human life. – Lewis Mumford

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Beauty
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Every new baby is a blind desperate vote for survival: people who find themselves unable to register an effective political protest against extermination do so by a biological act. – Lewis Mumford

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Baby, Babies
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Future
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I had been feeling a little rum. I didnt think it was anything serious because years ago I felt a lump and it was benign. I assumed this would be too. It kind of takes the wind out of your sails, and I dont know what the future holds, if anything. – Maggie Smith

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Future

We drive into the future using only our rearview mirror. – Marshall McLuhan

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Future

When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness. – Alexis de Tocqueville

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Future

After all, the past is our only real guide to the future, and historical analogies are instruments for distilling and organizing the past and converting it to a map by which we can navigate. – Michael Mandelbaum

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Future

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Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience lifes deepest joy: true fulfillment. – Tony Robbins

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Experience

The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruit other than sorrow and joy. – Rumi

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Rumi

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a blame to any people. – Bible

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No man sees far; the most see no farther than their noses. – Thomas Carlyle, “Count Cagliostro,” 1833

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Perspective