Chikamatsu Monzaemon Quotes & Sayings

The few trees still upright were stripped of their branches, lonely flagpoles without a nation to claim them. — Mike Mullin

If history is going to repeat itself I should think we can expect the same thing again. — Terry Venables

I think it is time for you to witness how those with power are supposed to conduct themselves. — K.M. Shea

Like the monks chanting their Pali mantras, learning by rote was the accepted method of education just as in English schools of the time. 'In geography,' Sokheang recalled, 'we would have to learn the size of a country, the population, the agricultural produce, etcetera. And we would get called up to recite it to the rest of the class.' The accuracy of this recitation was the measure of a successful student. 'Knowledge,' said Sokheang, 'was the storage of facts. — Nic Dunlop

Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to keep things simple. — Richard Branson

My life is like a stroll upon the beach, as near to the ocean's edge as I can go. — Henry David Thoreau