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“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”
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“Author's Note: This story starts with section 6. This is not a mistake. I have my own subtle reasoning. So, just read, and enjoy.”
― The Gods Themselves
― The Gods Themselves
“Still though, I think if you're not self-obsessed, you're probably boring.”
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“My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.”
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“In an ancient Confucian classical text, Wei found the perfect motto for the Qing’s nineteenth-century predicament—indeed, for modern China’s struggle as a whole—which he used prominently in the preface to Records of Conquest: “Humiliation stimulates effort; when the country is humiliated, its spirit will be aroused.”40 This idea would be expressed again and again by others for the next century and a half. In fact, it remains the inspiration for the phrase inscribed today in the museum at the Temple of the Tranquil Seas: “To feel shame is to approach courage.”
― Wealth and Power: China's Long March to the Twenty-first Century
― Wealth and Power: China's Long March to the Twenty-first Century
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