#regeneration

Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring. ↗

— William Alexander

#courage #die #earth #fall #forget

It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#beyond #exposure #good #had #hope

This is a pivotal time for urban regeneration. We must take a long term view. ↗

— Richard Rogers

#long term #must #pivotal #regeneration #take

Sanctification is not regeneration. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#sanctification

The material creation was made by God to be developed, cultivated, and cared for in an endless number of ways through human labor. But even the simplest of these ways is important. Without them all, human life cannot flourish. ↗

— Timothy Keller

#regeneration #work #life

The Doctor is all of us, he lives and dies as all of us, and we need him to – because no matter the anvil-imagery of the Doctor as Christ, this is actually a far older and far simpler story than that. Everything changes. We all regenerate. I am not the same woman who first saw Rose ascend. Years go by and I become someone new, with the same memories but a new face, a new self. ↗

— Catherine Valenti

#doctor-who #regeneration #change

This is the love of God, an alchemy that can turn enemies into children. ↗

— Mark Buchanan

#regeneration #salvation #love

The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero. ↗

— Maxwell Anderson

#essence #even #hero #play #regeneration

I think the tree is an element of regeneration which in itself is a concept of time. ↗

— Joseph Beuys

#element #i #i think #itself #regeneration

God likes to make people. Great people out of common people, strong people out of week people, famous people out of the unknown people, good people are bad people. God likes to make people. That's an obsession with God, one from which He will never change. ↗

— Don Baker

#regeneration #change