“I think the biggest difference is that I've noticed Western parents seem much more concerned about their children's psyches, their self-esteem, whereas tough immigrant parents assume strength rather than fragility in their children and therefore behave completely differently.” ThinkingChildrenSelfSeemsParentDifferencesSelf EsteemToughConcernedAssumingWesternEsteemBehaveImmigrantsFragilityPsychImmigrant Parents Author:Amy Chua
“Perhaps there is an idea among Japanese students that one general difference between Japanese and Western poetry is that the former cultivates short forms and the latter longer ones, gut this is only in part true.” IdeasFormLiteratureDifferencesStudentsWesternFormerGutsLatterPoetry Is Book:Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Source: Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn
“The difference between western and eastern intellectuals is that the former have not been kicked in the ass enough.” EnoughDifferencesWesternAssFormerEastern Author:Witold Gombrowicz