“I think a major cause of present Asian economic difficulties that mainly come from, you know, lack of market economy.” ThinkingKnowsCausesEconomyEconomicMajorsDifficultyAsianMarket Economy Author:Kim Dae-jung
“Greatness of spirit is to bear finely both good fourtune and bad, honor and disgrace, and not to think highly of luxury or attention or power or victories in contests, and to possess a certain depth and magnitude of spirit.” ThinkingSpiritCertainAttentionGreatnessBearsVictoryHonorDifficultyDepthLuxuryContestsDisgraceCopingMagnitude Book:Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)
“I take a less gloomy view. A good life means fighting to be human under growing difficulties. A lot of young folk know this and fight very hard, but after a few years life gets easier for them and they think they've become completely human when they've only stopped trying. I stopped trying, but my life was so full of strenuous routines that I wouldn't have noticed had it been not for my disease. My whole professional life was a diseased and grandiose attack on my humanity. It is an achievement to know that I am simply a wounded and dying man. Who can be more regal than a dying man?” ThinkingKnowsMenTryingYearsHumansMeanHardWholeYoungHumanityFightingViewsGrowingDyingEasierDiseaseAchievementDifficultyFolksGood LifeWoundedGloomyLife MeansDiseasedProfessional LifeGrandioseRegal Author:Alasdair Gray
“I can only think that the book is read because it deals with the difficulties of schooling, which do not change. Please note: the difficulties, not the problems. Problems are solved or disappear with the revolving times. Difficulities remain. It will always be difficult to teach well, to learn accurately; to read, write, and count readily and competently; to acquire a sense of history and start one's education or anothers.” ThinkingWritingWellsI CanBookProblemDifficultDealsTeachLearningPleaseDifficultyNotesDisappearAcquireProgrammingSchoolingComputer ProgrammingProgramming LanguagesComputer LanguageRevolving Author:Jacques Barzun
“We're also fairly stubborn, I think, fairly independent. We have our share of difficulties with our federal government, although I've tried to as I am here encourage a better way of discussing those problems.” ThinkingWayProblemGovernmentShareDifficultyIndependentFederal GovernmentStubbornBetter WaysDiscussing Author:Dan Miller