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Christopher_Wolfgang_Alexander
Time for Equilibrium
“Misfit provides an incentive to change; good fit provides none. In theory the process is eventually bound to reach the equilibrium of well-fitting forms. However, for the fit to occur in practice, one vital condition must be satisfied. It must have time to happen. The process must be able to achieve equilibrium before the next culture change upsets it again... The direct response is the feedback of the process. If the process is to maintain the good fit ... while the culture drifts, it needs a feedback sensitive enough to take action the moment that one of the potential failures actually occurs.”
- Source: Alexander, C. (1964). Notes on the Synthesis of Form. Harvard University Press. ISBN: 9780674627512. Retrieved 2018-03-29 from https://monoskop.org/images/f/ff/Alexander_Christopher_Notes_on_the_Synthesis_of_Form.pdf . Page 50-51.
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- Keywords: Design_quotes Incongruity_quotes Change_quotes Equilibrium_quotes Schedule_quotes Time_quotes Feedback_quotes Misfit_quotes Incentive_quotes Fit_quotes Theory_quotes Process_quotes Bound_quotes Form_quotes Practice_quotes Vital_quotes Condition_quotes Satisfy_quotes Time_quotes Happen_quotes Achieve_quotes Before_quotes Culture_quotes Upset_quotes Direct_quotes Response_quotes Maintain_quotes Drift_quotes Sensitive_quotes Action_quotes Potential_quotes Failure_quotes Occur_quotes
Dietrich_Bonhoeffer
Stupidity
“Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed — in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical — and when facts are irrefutable they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self-satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack. For that reason, greater caution is called for when dealing with a stupid person than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.”
- Source: From the paper “An Account at the Turn of the Year 1942-1943” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, contained within the book “Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Volume 8: Letters and Papers from Prison” edited by John W. Gruchy, et al. Published in 2009 by Fortress Press.
- Keywords: Stupid_quotes Danger_quotes Malice_quotes Enemy_quotes Good_quotes Protest_quotes Evil_quotes Expose_quotes Prevent_quotes Force_quotes Carry_quotes Germ_quotes Subversion_quotes Human_quotes Being_quotes Sense_quotes Unease_quotes Against_quotes Defenseless_quotes Accomplish_quotes Reason_quotes Fall_quotes Deaf_quotes Ear_quotes Fact_quotes Contradict_quotes Prejudgment_quotes Simple_quotes Believe_quotes Moment_quotes Person_quotes Critical_quotes Irrefutable_quotes Push_quotes Inconsequential_quotes Incidental_quotes Contrast_quotes Utterly_quotes Self_quotes Satisfy_quotes Easy_quotes Irritate_quotes Attack_quotes Caution_quotes Deal_quotes Persuade_quotes Senseless_quotes
Epictetus
Destroy Desire
“For freedom is not acquired by satisfying yourself with what you desire, but by destroying your desire.”
- Source: [Speaker] Epitetus; [Greek]; [Transcription/Transcriber] Arrian; [Transcription/Date] circa 108 CE; [Note] Arrian was the pupil of Epitetus.; [Translation/Title] “Discourses of Epictetus”; [Translator] {W. A. Oldfather}; [English]; [Book/Publisher] Harvard University Press; [Publisher/Location] Cambridge, MA; [Publication/Dates] 1925,1946,1956; [Placement] Book IV, Chapter 1, Section 175; [Placement]; [Online] https://en.wikisource.org
/wiki /Epictetus, _the_Discourses _as_reported _by_Arrian, _the_Manual, _and_Fragments; [Retrieved/Date] 2022.
- Keywords: Freedom_quotes Acquire_quotes Satisfy_quotes Yourself_quotes Desire_quotes Destroy_quotes
