We celebrate egalitarianism and consensus, but it is phony: a chaos of
voices rather than a democracy; a populace of individuals pursuing their
own ends rather than a collective.
-- Deng Ming-Dao
voices rather than a democracy; a populace of individuals pursuing their
own ends rather than a collective.
-- Deng Ming-Dao
Related:
- We should not randomly gather information; rather, we should try to order
it into a comprehensive whole,
thereby compounding our abilities to our own advantage... - We must carefully influence the collective, and in turn,
we will be shaped by the company we keep. -- Deng... - The affirmation of the group should not be a sublimation of the individual
but rather a framework for involvement.
Deng Ming... - For a true master, Sitting on a throne Is no different than Sitting on dirt.
Deng Ming... - Though others have faults, Concentrate on your own.
Deng Ming... - I am not this fragile body.
--
Deng Ming... - No one is indifferent to themselves.
--
Deng Ming... - Spirituality is not a transaction with the universe.
Deng Ming... - There cannot be diversity in unity.
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Deng Ming...
From the same category:
- Then a mournful smile; always pale and hungry.
- Lew... - The better part of valour is discretion;
in the which better part I have saved my life.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV --... - Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it.
-
Dave... - Neither a borrower nor a lender be at less than 18 percent per annum
compounded daily.
Poor Jimmy's... - A Watched Pot May Never Boil,
But the Cook Certainly Does...
