Hanifati

“Grown-ups like numbers. When you tell them about a new friend, they never ask questions about what really matters. They never ask: ‘What does his voice sound like?’ ‘What games does he like best?’ ‘Does he collect butterflies?’ They ask: ‘How old is he?’ ‘How many brothers does he have?’ ‘How much does he weigh?’ ‘How much money does he have?’ Only then do they think they know him. If you tell grown-ups, ‘I saw a beautiful red brick house, with geraniums at the windows and doves at the roof…,’ they won’t be able to imagine such a house. You have to tell them, ‘I saw a house worth a thousand francs.’ Then they exclaim, ‘What a pretty house!”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.”
― Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities

“If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.”
― René Descartes

“Dalam peperangan, orang yang kalah adalah budak, sedangkan dalam keadaan damai, orang miskin adalah budak orang kaya. Kami harus bekerja untuk bisa hidup, dan mereka membayar keringat kami. Kami bekerja keras sepanjang hari untuk mereka, dan mereka menimbun emas dalam peti. Anak-anak memeras anggur, tapi orang lain yang meminumnya. Kami menebar bibit jagung, tapi bukan di atas tanah milik kami. Kami terbelenggu walaupun belenggunya tidak kelihatan, dan kami adalah budak, walaupun orang mengganggap kami orang bebas.”
― Oscar Wilde, Pangeran Yang Selalu Bahagia dan cerita-cerita lainnya