Yi Sun-sin quotes
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“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.”
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“Those willing to die will live, and those willing to live will die.”
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“The soldier who fights to death never dies, but the soldier who fights for existence never truly exists.”
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“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.”
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“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?”
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“Don't make a hasty movement. Be like a mountain. Move silently and cautiously.”
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“I can be approached, but never pushed; befriended but never coerced; killed, but never shamed.”
-- Yi Sun-sin
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“We used to build civilizations. Now we build shopping malls.”
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“You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.”
Source : "Faith in Liberalism". Address to the State Committee of the Liberal Party in New York City, August 28, 1952.
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“Lying is done with words and also with silence.”
Source : Adrienne Rich (2002). “Arts of the Possible: Essays and Conversations”, p.20, W. W. Norton & Company
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“A quiet mind married to integrity of heart is the birth of wisdom.”
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Source : Adam Gopnik (2000). “Paris to the Moon”, Random House Incorporated
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