“I’d rather do wrong to others than allow them to do wrong to me!” (Cao Cao, Han Dynasty warlord)
“At fifteen, I aspired to learning. At thirty, I established my stand. At forty, I had no delusions. At fifty, I knew my destiny. At sixty, I knew truth in all I heard. At seventy, I could follow the wishes of my heart without doing wrong.” (Kong Fu Zi)
“No matter if it is a white cat or a black cat; as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat.” (Deng Xiaoping, de facto leader of People’s Republic, late 1970s to early 1990s)
(Sound advice, from the past to the present)
RAJA ARASA RATNAM 