Howard Mansfield quotes

“We may talk of saving antique linens, species, or languages; but whatever we are intent on saving, when a restoration succeeds, we rescue ourselves.”
-- Howard Mansfield

Source : Howard Mansfield (2001). “The Same Ax, Twice: Restoration and Renewal in a Throwaway Age”, p.12, UPNE

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“We have everywhere an absence of memory. Architects sometimes talk of building with context and continuity in mind, religious leaders call it tradition, social workers say it's a sense of community, but it is memory we have banished from our cities. We have speed and power, but no place. Travel, but no destination. Convenience, but no ease.”
-- Howard Mansfield

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“Four hundred years is but a moment in 10,000 years. Time is curved, time is braided. Throw out your clocks.”
-- Howard Mansfield

Source : Howard Mansfield (2010). “Turn and Jump: How Time & Place Fell Apart”, p.218, Down East Books

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“National liberation, national renaissance, the restoration of nationhood to the people, commonwealth: whatever may be the headings used or the new formulas introduced, decolonization is always a violent phenomenon.”

Source : The Wretched of the Earth "Concerning Violence" (1961) (translation by Constance Farrington)

“My success is not measured in money. I have no financial security, I have no savings account. I measure my success by asking myself if I’m telling a story that the world needs to hear, if I am educating people.”

“Faith is the gaze of a soul upon a saving God.”

“You can't have intentions without consequences. The question is, who pays for the consequences? Saving fish from drowning. Same thing. Who’s saved? Who’s not?”

“The captain doesn't think about death, or life, he thinks about saving his ship,”

Source : "Syrian President: U.S.-led airstrikes have caused 'no change' in ISIS strength" by Greg Botelho, www.cnn.com. December 3, 2014.

“We may not preach a crucified Saviour without being also crucified men and women. It is not enough to wear an ornamental cross as a pretty decoration. The cross that Paul speaks about was burned into his very flesh, was branded into his being, and only the Holy Spirit can burn the true cross into our innermost life.”

“The moment that any life, however good, stifles you, you may be sure it isn't your real life.”

“Joy and growth come from following our deepest impulses, however foolish they may seem to some, or dangerous, and even though the apparent outcome may be defeat.”

“Because I’ve had a taste and I’m not sharing. This isn’t just for fun. I may be slightly addicted.”

“Abu Sa'id al-Kharraz said I have never known Allah May He be exalted except through the coincidence in Him of the opposites. 'He is the First and the Last, the Apparent and the Hidden.'”