You must not overlook
the importance of discussions with knowledgeable people. I would say that is
much more productive than absorbing and running through masses of documents.
Because in a short exchange, you can abstract from somebody who has immense
knowledge and experience the essence of what he had gained.———Chapter 9: How Lee Kuan Yew Thinks
Had we not become streetwise, we would have
been clobbered. Like dogs which are closeted in a bungalow behind fences, we
would have been run over when exposed to treacherous traffic.———Chapter 9: How Lee Kuan Yew Thinks
I do not believe that
because a theory sounds good, looks logical on paper, or is presented
logically, therefore that is the way it will work out. The final test is
life.———Chapter 9: How Lee Kuan Yew
Thinks
History does not
repeat itself in the same way each time, but certain trends and consequences
are constants… To understand the present and anticipate the future, one must
know enough of the past… One must appreciate not merely what took place, but ,
more especially, why it took place and in that particular way.———Chapter 9: How Lee Kuan Yew Thinks
The lessons their
elders have learned at great pain and expense can add to the knowledge of the
young and help them to cope with problems and dangers they had not faced
before; but such learning, second hand, is never as vivid, as deep, or as
durable as that which was personally experienced.———Chapter 9: How Lee Kuan Yew Thinks
Only those count and
matter who have the strength and courage of their convictions to stick up and
stand up for what they believe in, for their people, for their country,
regardless of what happens to them.———Chapter
9: How Lee Kuan Yew Thinks
Before you
have, you must want to have.———Chapter 9: How Lee Kuan Yew Thinks
You are a born leader or you are not a leader.———Chapter 9:
How Lee Kuan Yew Thinks