The Golden Gift excerpt
The few who understand the system will either be so interested in its profits or be so dependent upon its favours that there will be no opposition from that class,…
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Chapter 2 The ties that bind The victimization of the transmigrants in Aceh was an extreme case of local dissatisfaction. But even where transmigrants rubbed along well enough with their…
Quote – The Singapore Story – Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew
I thought then that wealth depended mainly on the possession of territory and natural resources, whether fertile land with abundant rainfall for agriculture or forestry, or valuable minerals, or oil…
Lee Kuan Yew on Leadership: The Harvard Interview (On Suzhou SIP)
Starting at 2:11:32 Ask you about Singapore’s experience with Suzhou. You called it a chastening experience in your memoirs. You would reflect on that of the attempt to transfer Singapore’s…
Quotes – The Personal MBA (Josh Kaufman)
You Don’t Need to Know It All As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select…
Meditations Quote
One example that will strike almost any reader is the sense of mortality that pervades the work. Death is not to be feared, Marcus continually reminds himself. It is a…
Miscellaneous Quotes
鲁迅说:到了一定年龄 必须扔掉四样东西： 没意义的酒局，不爱你的人 看不起你的亲戚，虚情假义的朋友; 必须拥有四样东西： 扬在脸上的自信，长在心里的善良 融进血液的骨气，刻在生命里的坚强…… Elegant people are to be found in Paris. People of character may exist in the provinces. -Sieyes “The higher you lift yourself towards…
Exploring Enactive Empathy: Actively Responding to and Understanding Others
Full paper: https://www.academia.edu/36551497/Exploring_Enactive_Empathy_Actively_Responding_to_and_Understanding_Others Daniel D. Hutto School of Humanities and Social Inquiry Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts University of Wollongong and Alan Jurgens School of Humanities and Social…
Analects on Humaneness 仁 (rén)
The Master said, “Those who are clever in their words and pretentious in their appearance, yet are humane, are few indeed.” 子曰：「巧言令色，鮮矣仁！」 Fan Chi asked about wisdom. The Master said,…