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If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.
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What is the purpose of houses? It is to protect us from the wind and cold of winter, the heat and rain of summer, and to keep out robbers and thieves. Once these ends have been secured, that is all. Whatever does not contribute to these ends should be eliminated.
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Being perceptive
– Be perceptive of all details (large and small) and make a clear distinction between the attribute of right and wrong.
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Do you have any advice?
Nike makes some of the best products in the world. Products that you lust after. Absolutely beautiful, stunning products. But you also make a lot of crap. Just get rid of the crappy stuff and focus on the good stuff.—Mark Parker asked Steve Jobs
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A trap is for fish: when you’ve got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you’ve got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you’ve got the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find someone who’s forgotten words so I can have a word with him?…
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When future generations look back to my time, it will probably be similar to how I now think of the past.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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Acceptance of advice
– Be receptive and kind to other people’s ideas.
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Art without ideas is just decoration.
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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
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A good person can make another person good; it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society; other persons will also be good.
Goodness is something that makes us serene and content; it is magnificent. Those who are not good are evil.
In Thailand’s history there have been dissensions from time to time, but in general, unity has prevailed.
Everyone must correct his own self; this is something more difficult to cope with, but it is not impossible.
Nature is something outside our body, but the mind is within us.
I have been extremely touched by these signs of affection on the part of all the Thai people.
The will to work of everyone in the country is the best guarantee of national survival.
The important thing for the survival of the Thai society is that the majority of those who work, both in the government and the private sector, still strive to work in the same direction; this is why the Thai nation still stands.