The university, in a society ruled by public opinion, was to have been an island of intellectual freedom where all views were investigated without restriction. … But by consenting to play an active or “positive,” a participatory role in society, the university has become inundated and saturated with the backflow of society’s “problems.” Preoccupied with questions of Health, Sex, Race, War, academics make their reputations and their fortunes. … Any proposed reforms of liberal education which might bring the university into conflict with the whole of the U.S.A. are unthinkable. Increasingly, the people “inside” are identical in their appetites and motives with the people “outside” the university.
- Saul Bellow, Introduction to The Closing of the American Mind (New York: 1988), p. 18
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Computers, Joseph Campbell
I have bought this wonderful machine- a computer. Now I am rather an authority on gods, so I identified the machine- it seems to me to be an Old Testament god with a lot of rules and no mercy.
- Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth (1988), I, p.24 ISBN 0-385-41886-8
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- Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth (1988), I, p.24 ISBN 0-385-41886-8
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Computers
Work, Hillary Rodham Clinton
I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation.
- Hillary Rodham Clinton
나는 가치 있는 삶이란 일종의 영적 여행과 의무감으로 정의된다고 믿는다.
- 힐러리 로댐 클린턴
Truth, Aeschines
Truth is strong enough to overcome all human sophistries.
~ Aeschines
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~ Aeschines
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Advice, Thai proverbs
กระต่ายหมายจันทร์
Transliteration: Kra-tie' mai jhun.
Translation: A rabbit aims for the moon.
English equivalent: Don't stretch your arms more than your sleeves can reach.
- Thai proverbs
Meaning: Don't aim at the impossibilities; get grounded.
Winitchaikun (1987). Rattanakōsin. Bamrung Sān.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thai_proverbs
Transliteration: Kra-tie' mai jhun.
Translation: A rabbit aims for the moon.
English equivalent: Don't stretch your arms more than your sleeves can reach.
- Thai proverbs
Meaning: Don't aim at the impossibilities; get grounded.
Winitchaikun (1987). Rattanakōsin. Bamrung Sān.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thai_proverbs
Life, George Moore
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.
- George Moore
인간은 자신이 필요로 하는 것을 찾아 세계를 여행하고 집에 돌아와 그것을 발견한다.
- 조지 무어
Swiss, Blaise Pascal
The Swiss are offended by being called gentlemen, and prove themselves true plebeians in order to be thought worthy of great office.
- Blaise Pascal PENSÉES 305
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