Civilization Quote by Abraham Joshua Heschel

“The Christian catacombs represent simplicity and earthiness; the cathedrals, transcendence and wonder.”

— Russell Moore

The difficulty with big cities does not lie in skyscrapers or high-rises per se; rather, it is the values concealed within those buildings which…

— Ma Yansong

“To visit the Tower, then, is to enter into contact not with a historical Sacred, as is the case for the majority of monuments,…

— Roland Barthes

“On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside of the catacombs, sufficiently sensible of conditions. Does anyone have the foggiest idea what sort…

— Annie Dillard

We have long forgotten the ritual by which the house of our life was erected. But when it is under assault and enemy bombs…

— Walter Benjamin

And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.

— Minoru Yamasaki

I try firstly to make buildings humane.

— Moshe Safdie

We are all growing and changing shape, we notice certain weaknesses that need to be corrected, we don't always choose the best solutions, but…

— Anonymous

I don't want a monument. We don't build monuments; we build God's Kingdom.

— Reinhard Bonnke

We used to build temples, and museums are about as close as secular society dares to go in facing up to the idea that…

— Alain de Botton

We're not just building a Temple here, the Lord is building us.

— Joseph Smith, Jr

Buildings are tools to reach people, raise disciples, reach students, train up our kids, heal marriages and families and worship God.

— Kevin Myers