Yi Sun-sin quotes

My life is simple, my food is plain, and my quarters are uncluttered. In all things, I have sought clarity. I face the troubles and problems of life and death willingly. Virtue, integrity and courage are my priorities. I can be approached, but never pushed; befriended but never coerced; killed but never shamed.
-- Yi Sun-sin

#Badass #Integrity #Simple

Those willing to die will live, and those willing to live will die.
-- Yi Sun-sin

#Willing

The soldier who fights to death never dies, but the soldier who fights for existence never truly exists.
-- Yi Sun-sin

#Inspirational #Fighting #Soldier

A man needs a friend to share goals with, a woman to share his heart with, and a nation to serve with all of his heart. That's the best life one can live.
-- Yi Sun-sin

#Drama #Heart #Men

Plastic surgery? Fine. What have I got to lose since I'll be prettier? Don't everyone like pretty people? But. Will that change anything? Having a pretty face, will it change such an ugly person like me?
-- Yi Sun-sin

#Drama #People #Ugly

Don't make a hasty movement. Be like a mountain. Move silently and cautiously.
-- Yi Sun-sin

#Moving #Mountain #Movement

I can be approached, but never pushed; befriended but never coerced; killed, but never shamed.
-- Yi Sun-sin

We used to build civilizations. Now we build shopping malls.

The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.

Honor is better than honors.

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

In order to be truly free, you must desire to know the truth more than you want to feel good. Because, if feeling good is your goal, then as soon as you feel better you will lose interest in what is true. This does not mean that feeling good or experiencing love and bliss is a bad thing. Given the choice, anyone would choose to feel bliss rather than sorrow. It simply means that if this desire to feel good is stronger than the yearning to see, know, and experience Truth, then this desire will always be distorting the perception of what is Real, while corrupting one's deepest integrity.

A quiet mind married to integrity of heart is the birth of wisdom.

George W. Bush promised us a foreign policy with humility. Instead, he has brought us humiliation in the eyes of the world. He promised to restore honor and integrity to the White House. Instead, he has brought deep dishonor to our country and built a durable reputation as the most dishonest president since Richard M. Nixon.

You are in integrity when the life you are living on the outside matches who you are on the inside.

The French believe that all errors are distant, someone else's fault. Americans believe that there is no distance, no difference, and therefore that there are no errors, that any troubles are simple misunderstandings, consequent on your not yet having spoken English loudly enough.