As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.
Author Archives: Frederick Reon Magbanua
It is best to live with honor for just a day than with dishonor for many decades; better a short lived celestial swan than a century-lived crow.
It is best to live with honor for just a day than with dishonor for many decades; better a short lived celestial swan than a century-lived crow.
Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.
Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.
To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects.
To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects.
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
There’s nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.
There’s nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.
They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time.
They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
Amidst the chaos of the cities, a part of you always yearns for the silence of the woods.
Amidst the chaos of the cities, a part of you always yearns for the silence of the woods.
Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.
Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.