Cathy

“Look at America—children are taught to be independent and creative. In China, it’s all about discipline. There isn’t enough creativity, and if you don’t have creativity, then you can’t adapt and change. You just follow the same old patterns and you don’t get any better. That”
― Peter Hessler, Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China

“…the first doctrine of Buddhism [is]: it cannot be taught. No experience can be taught. All that can be taught is the way to an experience.”
― Richard Conrad, Culture Hacks: Deciphering Differences in American, Chinese, and Japanese Thinking

“our state of mind, more than anything “out there,” determines our level of success.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“Did life add to or take away from who we are at sixteen? The”
― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, The Things We Wish Were True