“If someone is not humane in spite of being human, what has he to do with music?”
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“Zigong asked about the gentleman. The Master said: ‘He puts his sayings into action before adopting them as guidelines.’”
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Good books are always worth being read moren than once. It gives me a clear indication of how my perspective keeps changing as I am getting older.
Confucius “The Analects” is one of my all-time favourite collection of teachings.
I have been planning to review it for this blog, but have found it too difficult a task. What I will do instead is every now and then post some of my favourite quotes.
“One does not worry about the fact that other people do not appreciate one. One worries about not appreciating other people.”
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Way back in 1988 at Eastbourne School of English (UK), my great teacher Iain McAdam Clark introduced me to Mancunian band The Fall. I used to run around in various The Cure t-shirts, so he was sure I knew The Fall - but I didn’t. (Lucky Iain had seen The Cure live when they were the supporting act for The Fall!)
Anyways. Read today that a collection of short stories that are based on The Fall’s song titles is soon going to be published. Mark E. Smith, the legend, the inspiration. He deserves this “tribute”.
To this day, I adore The Fall and their music.
I am the carry bag man…
Wrong place, right time…
The following The Fall albums are the ones I can recommend:
The Frenz Experiment
I Am Kurious Oranj
Extricate
Available from Amazon.com.
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Finished reading Sun Tzu’s “The Art Of War”, a manual on how to “properly” conduct a war, a couple of days ago.
I am a pacifist, but can still appreciate great skills, even as far as war is concerned. (Contradiction? Who cares…? ;-))
It is very shocking to realize that the likes of George W. Bush and Tony Blair have obviously not studied “The Art Of War”. Or maybe they have, and I am just too stupid to see their intelligence? Let them surprise me.
In recent years, “The Art Of War” has also become a manual for managers and business-people on how to conduct “war” in business, how to achieve success. I do believe that if you study this book in-depth, and understand it, you can pretty much apply it to any situation in life.
Order it. Read it. (Amzon Link.)
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