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Post by albaugh1976 on Mar 23, 2005 12:07:35 GMT -5
Surely there comes a time when counting the cost and paying the price aren't things to think about any more. All that matters is value - the ultimate value of what one does.
James Hilton
English novelist (1900 - 1954)
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Post by albaugh1976 on Mar 24, 2005 12:31:40 GMT -5
Taken from Lost Horizon :
This is a famous lesson that we may learn from Kou Kai Tchou, who lived some fifteen centuries ago. He would always hesitate to reach the succulent marrow when he was eating a piece of sugarcane, for, as he explained --- "I introduce myself gradually into the region of delights."
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"Ah, but you see, we believe that to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much."
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We're here because we're here, if you want a reason. I've usually found it a soothing one.
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Conway's aversion was less definite -- a mere anticipation that to tell his story in the past tense would bore him a great deal as well as sadden him a little.
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