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We must realize that we live in imperfect world, which is full of imperfect creatures, including us, human beings. If we look at the true side of things, we will see all are imperfect. For instance, ‘the sea’, which we think is great. However, it is still subject to praise and blame like all, for…
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There is a discussion about theory and practice, which one is better? Some say theory is better as it produces knowledge, some say practice is better as it produces experience and consequence. For my understanding, I think theory and practice are dependent originated, as theory without practice is useless. For example, we may learn, read…
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It is stated that human beings are like hunters as they hunt for a good job, salary and social position etc. In short, they want to be rich and recognized. But they do not know ‘how to be rich is easy’: if they are content with themselves, they are rich. In other word, if we…
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