Reflections

I've been working my way through a pile of papers in my inbox doing a
weekly review.
I ran across a couple quotations I wrote down for reflection.

Still, authorities must finally be judged by the same criterion that
applies to everyone else: what is the quality of their thought and what
is the validity of their conclusions?
The Plan of New York, Lewis Mumford (225)

In other words, by attempting to be practical and hard-boiled, Mr.
Adams, so far from helping the practical administrator has made his task
more difficult. The time for compromise is not when one is thinking
about a problem; for by hauling down ones flag to the enemy as soon as
one as surveyed the field and counted his forces, one lacks the power
not merely to reinforce ones friends in their attack, but to win over
such of the enemy as may have sympathies in the other camp ... the
regional plan with its genius for premature compromise, give these
people no effective aid.
The Plan of New York, Lewis Mumford (239)

Lewis Mumford