“In the 20 years before Greece end up with the Euro, efforts to improve competitiveness through exchange rate and adjustments resulted only in temporary gains of competitiveness.” YearsEndsEffortGainsRateTemporaryGreeceAdjustmentEuroCompetitiveness Author:Lucas Papademos
“Habit! that skilful but slow-moving arranger who begins by letting our minds suffer for weeks on end in temporary quarters, but whom our minds are none the less only too happy to discover at last, for without it, reduced to their own devices, they would be powerless to make any room seem habitable.” MindEndsSeemsWould BeLastsMovingSufferingRoomsWeekHabitDevicesTemporaryQuartersPowerless Book:Swann's Way Source: Swann's Way
“When we think carefully, we see that the brief elation we experience when appeasing sensual impulses may not be very different from what the drug addict feels when indulging his or her habit. Temporary relief is soon followed by a craving for more. And in just the same way that taking drugs in the end only causes trouble, so, too, does much of what we undertake to fulfill our immediate sensory desires.” ThinkingWayFeelsMayDoeDifferentEndsDesireCausesTroubleHabitDrugSensualImpulseReliefTemporaryAddictCravingSensoryDrug AddictForbearanceElationTemporary Relief Book:Ancient Wisdom, Modern World: Ethics for the New Millennium Source: Ancient Wisdom, Modern World: Ethics for the New Millennium