PH.D University of Wisconsin-Madison
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“I cannot imagine how arduous it must be everyday and every night for those who keep lying and deceiving. Because they surely understand that even truth does not prevail in public today, it possesses the ultimate strength to prevail over all falsehoods someday. And when that takes place, it's over and it's too late.”
Jonathan Chen
“It is fine to have some pride every once in a while. But dignity is what to keep.”
“What we have been seeing these days is not quite as encouraging as what we used to believe that in the modern world it is nearly impossible to interact socially and culturally only with those who think alike. Longing for the comforting of sameness may appear providing some safety and security. It confines ourselves into divisions that block our minds. In the end, collectively we become unsafe and insecure.”
“A true gardener never plants impatiently, nor does he expect miracles. He begins with a sincere and earnest adoration, loosens the soil with slow and gentle hand, and prepares wholeheartedly to take care what he plants. To him, there's nothing more rewarding than knowing soon he will be able to experience the rejoice from seeing the young seedling sprouting in the soil with crystal-like droplets.”
“Talk to a youth, at a very early age, about the idea of peace. Let that idea be deeply rooted in him. Maybe by the time he's involved in the proceedings about the very decision of invoking a war, that childhood idea would weigh in.”
“There is only one person who can bring peace to you – that's you.”
“When one learns something unfortunate happened to someone else, he spontaneously feels the pain and immediately wants to do something about it. That's the kind compassion we are talking about. How much he's able to do is really not the question.”
“Being a friend to your child is the best gift you give to your child.”
“I try not to make judgmental remarks on the little peculiarities of a youth. In fact, when I am conversing with a child, I find myself having the same sort peculiarities.”
“The mental and physical reactions to what are perceived as labor and leisure are distinctively different, though at leisure labor is often involved. Some people are able to maintain a happier balance between labor and leisure, not because they have a world of free time, but because they effectively expanded what is in leisure.”