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Reflection of a meeting room on a South Korean soldier's glasses.  This meeting room is in the DMZ, the dividing line between North Korea and South Korea.  Since their armistice in 1953 the two countries have technically remained at war.  AP Photo / Lee Jin-man
Reflection of a meeting room on a South Korean soldier’s glasses.  This meeting room is in the DMZ, the dividing line between North Korea and South Korea.  Since their armistice in 1953 the two countries have technically remained at war.  AP Photo / Lee Jin-man

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

George Santayana, Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies

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The ingredients for man's most critical needs captured perfectly in one of the most striking movie posters ever produced.
The ingredients for man’s most critical needs captured perfectly in one of the most striking movie posters ever produced.

Humans can survive three minutes without air, three hours without shelter, three days without water, three weeks without food, but just three seconds without hope.

Rule of Thumb

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Cooperation between Boy Scouts of America and Boy Scouts of Japan http://chiba.themightymustang.com/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scout_Motto
Cooperation between Boy Scouts of America and Boy Scouts of Japan http://chiba.themightymustang.com/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scout_Motto

Always Be Prepared

Common Variant of the Boy Scout Motto

Flag of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.  Logo Copyright ©  Boy Scouts of America.
Flag of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.  Logo Copyright © Boy Scouts of America.

World Scout Emblem 1939-1955.  Logo Copyright © Boy Scouts of America.
World Scout Emblem 1939-1955.  Logo Copyright © Boy Scouts of America.

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Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris by Yousuf Karsh in 1954.
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris by Yousuf Karsh in 1954.

You employ stone, wood, and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces.  That is construction.  Ingenuity is at work.  But suddenly you touch my heart, you do me good. I am happy and I say: “This is beautiful.”  That is Architecture.  Art enters in.

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, Vers une Architecture