"Among the appliances to transform the people,..." - Quote by Confucius
Among the appliances to transform the people, sound and appearances are but trivial influences.
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More on Influence
“The flame is not as bright to itself as it is to those it illuminates: so too the sage.”
“One of the roles of the Presidency is to lead a political party. Having a President in office is usually a huge advantage to a party because it gives the party a mouthpiece and an advocate at the highest level.”
“If my mother hadn't been trying to be a writer, I don't know if I would have thought of it myself.”
More on Society
“The curse of poverty has no justification in our age.”
“When members of a society wish to secure that society's rich heritage they cherish their arts and respect their artists. The esteem with which we regard the multiple cultures offered in our country enhances our possibilities for healthy survival and continued social development.”
“For there is a growing apprehension that existence is a rat-race in a trap: living organisms, including people, are merely tubes which put things in at one end and let them out at the other, which which both keeps them doing it and in the long run wears them out. So to keep the farce going, the tubes find ways of making new tubes, which also put things in at one end and let them out at the other.”