08 FEB 2012 by ideonexus
Overcoming Failure
I still take failure very seriously, but I've found that the only way I could overcome the feeling is to keep on working, and trying to benefit from failures or disappointments. There are always some lessons to be learned. So I keep on working.The discouragement can be cured by continuing to work.
19 JUN 2011 by ideonexus
Human History is a Race Between Education and Catastrophe
One cannot foretell the surprises or disappointments the future has in store. Before this chapter of the World State can begin fairly in our histories, other chapters as yet unsuspected may still need to be written, as long and as full of conflict as our account of the growth and rivalries of the Great Powers. There may be tragic economic struggles, grim grapplings, of race with race and class with class. It may be that «private enterprise» will refuse to learn the lesson of service wit...We can't predict what fate will bring civilization, but if we remain united and educated, we can overcome.