“Why should literature be easy? Sometimes you can do what you want to do in a simple, direct way that is absolutely right. Sometimes you can't. Reading is not a passive act. Books are not TV. Art of all kinds is an interactive challenge. The person who makes the work and the person who comes to the work both have a job to do. I am never wilfully obscure, but I do ask for some effort.”
“Power from any source tends to create an appetite for additional power. It was almost inevitable that the super-rich would one day aspire to control not only their own wealth, but the wealth of the whole world. To achieve this, they were perfectly willing to feed the ambitions of the power-hungry political conspirators who were committed to the overthrow of all existing governments and the establishment of a central worldwide dictatorship.”
“In modern praxis lost positions are salvaged most often when the play is highly complicated with many sharp dynamic variations to be calculated.”
Source : Leonid Shamkovich, Eric Schiller (1987). “Saving lost positions”, B. T. Batsford Limited
“It's pitching, hitting and defense that wins. Any two can win. All three make you unbeatable.”
“Many stories are invented about me - too many stories; almost everyone uses me, and I'd say about 0.01 percent of the gossip is true.”
“One of the reasons I appreciate being in a Pirates uniform is the greats who have worn it in the past. There was Bill Mazeroski hitting the walk-off home run to win the World Series. There was Roberto Clemente wearing the number 21. There was Pops: Willie Stargell. There was Dave Parker: Cobra.”
“The share of wealth held by the minority is much greater than the share held by the majority. We have to draw our own conclusions from that and it has to change.”
“Though chains be of gold, they are chains all the same.”
Source : Song: Feet Fall On The Road, Album: Sunwheel Dance
Dogen Philosopher
Gautama Buddha Founding Figure
Gichin Funakoshi
Hakuin Ekaku
Hsuan Hua
Huineng
Rajneesh Guru
Sengcan Author
Wong Kiew Kit
