Words of Wisdom 01 (May 08 - Oct 08)

[pepper]

tks kennynah

[helios]

fragile is a life's thread - dangling from e operation theatre

(listen'g to e song fragile, & writing ... thank you, pepper for this song tonight)

[HengHeng]

Cowards die many times before they actually die. - William Shakespere.

[kennynah]

and heroes are dead

[helios]

one people, one nation, one singapore

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[helios]

Buildings age and become dilapidated;
Machines wear out;
People die;
But what live on are the brands.

- Branding in Asia (the need for strong asian brands); from Sir Hector Laing

[kennynah]

san mei :

wwwaaaahhhhhaaaaaa....aaaa....choke choke.....cough.......hahahhaah....

but this is so cornily funny...

i thought i was gonna read some "life" mantra.....turns out to be BRANDING.... u r one heckuva marketeer....hats off man.

[winston]

Absence of mere anger cannot be taken as peace. The winning of a desired object and the satisfaction one gets then, should not be confused with peace.

The peace that has pervaded the heart must not be shaken subsequently for any reason. That type of peace alone deserves to be called "Supreme Peace".

"Supreme Peace" has no ups and downs, it cannot be partial in adversity and complete in prosperity.

It cannot be one thing today and another tomorrow. Maintaining the same even flow of Bliss & Joy always, that is "Supreme Peace".

[helios]

三字经

人之初，性本善。性相近，习相远。苟不教，性乃迁。教之道，贵以专。
昔孟母，择邻处。子不学，断机杼。窦燕山，有义方。教五子，名俱扬。
养不教，父之过。教不严，师之惰。子不学，非所宜。幼不学，老何为。
玉不琢，不成器。人不学，不知义。为人子，方少时。亲师友，习礼仪。
香九龄，能温席。孝于亲，所当执。融四岁，能让梨。弟于长，宜先知。
首孝弟，次见闻。知某数，识某文。一而十，十而百。百而千，千而万。
三才者，天地人。三光者，日月星。三纲者，君臣义。父子亲，夫妇顺。
曰春夏，曰秋冬。此四时，运不穷。曰南北，曰西东。此四方，应乎中。
曰水火，木金土。此五行，本乎数。曰仁义，礼智信。此五常，不容紊。
稻粱菽，麦黍稷。此六谷，人所食。马牛羊，鸡犬豕。此六畜，人所饲。
曰喜怒，曰哀惧。爱恶欲，七情具。□土革，木石金。与丝竹，乃八音。
高曾祖，父而身。身而子，子而孙。自子孙，至元曾。乃九族，而之伦。
父子恩，夫妇从。兄则友，弟则恭。长幼序，友与朋。君则敬，臣则忠。
此十义，人所同。

this is a good message:三纲者，君臣义。父子亲，夫妇顺。

启示: 要使人与人之间有一个良好和谐的关系，每个人都要认清自己的地位，人人从我做起，才能天下安宁，人类永远和平。什么是“三纲”呢？三纲是人与人之间关系应该遵守的三个行为准则，就是君王与臣子的言行要合乎义理，父母子女之间相亲相爱，夫妻之间和顺相处。

i believe in china, kids learned this mantra by heart; hence their opinions r v much geared towards being a 君子之道 ("gentlemen"), constrasting to our singapore kids ... u can greatly see a difference.

[kennynah]

tks san....
i could never go past this 人之初，性本善。性相近，习相远。

now, i m going to try memorizing this entire passage over time....