“In the construction of a country, it is not the practical workers but the idealists and planners that are difficult to find.” CountryDifficultWorkersPracticalsConstructionIdealistPlanners Author:Sun Yat-sen
“Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear who can, if they like, encroach, is far greater, for the weaker are always asking for equality and justice, but the stronger care for none of these things.” IfsKnowsMayCareDifficultJusticeGreaterHuman NatureTheoryEqualDifficultyStrongerAskingPracticalsEquality And Justice Book:Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)
“There are plenty of team players in government who do whatever the leader says. There are too few difficult members, who have complicated minds, unusual perspectives, the toughness to withstand the party-line barrages and a practical interest in producing results.” MindGovernmentPoliticalDifficultInterestLinesResultsPartyLeaderPlayerTeamPerspectiveMembersComplicatedPracticalsPlentyUnusualPolitical PartiesToughnessTeam PlayerProducing Results Author:David Brooks
“We may exist in all universes, but 'hear' only one because of our limitations, the valve of our desires, our practical, physical needs. All is vibration, with nothing vibrating across no distance whatsoever. All is music. A universe, a world, is just one long difficult song. The difference between worlds is the difference between songs.” WorldNeedsMayLongDesireSongUniverseDifficultDifferencesDistancePracticalsLimitationJust OneVibrationsValve Author:Greg Bear