"The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man."

-- Sun Tzu

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“I sometimes think humor and satire are more effective techniques for expressing social statements than direct comment.”
“Seeing clearly within himself and always able to dodge around the ends of any position, including his own, Shaw assumed from the start the dual role of prophet and gadfly. To his contemporaries it appeared frivolous and contradictory to perform as both superman and socialist, sceptic and believer, legalist and heretic, high-brow and mob-orator. But feeling the duty to teach as well as to mirror mankind, Shaw did not accept himself as a contradictory being.”
“The more any one speaks of himself, the less he likes to hear another talked of.”
“I need to be able to engage people; thatâ€™s where I flourish.”
“But once we recognize that many ideas that are taken to be quintessentially Western have also flourished in other civilizations, we also see that these ideas are not as culture-specific as is sometimes claimed. We need not begin with pessimism, at least on this ground, about the prospects of reasoned humanism in the world.”
“Many people find it hard to understand what it is about a mountain that draws men and women to risk their lives on her freezing, icy faces - all for a chance at that single, solitary moment on the top. It can be hard to explain. But I also relate to the quote that says, Iif you have to ask, you will never understand.”
“Every time I go to Haiti after a season of busy work in Europe, I feel like I'm submerging into a certain state of mind, which is very productive.”

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“Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.”

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