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The discouraging aspect about what this group of people wrote (the core was one person) is the reality of it. The shaolin monks live a peaceful way of life; yet train self discipline through the martial way. I’ve argued with others about the line "The best battle is the battle won without being fought" There is no peace in that statement, but indirect tactics which still leads to conquest (or as I see it)
This philosophy (as I see it) acknowledges the human race for what it is, and what it will always do. With that realization come guidance and wisdom of tools used successfully.
Carnegie had a different philosophy. He believed that even though the entire history of the human race has been built on win/lose that it’s possible to have win/win. I’ve seen examples of this, but the world is in such a state of perpetual motion in the opposite direction that nothing can stop it.
Is that good news or bad news? I don’t think it’s either, I think it’s just the news as it’s always been. The frustration for me is knowing that it doesn’t have to be that way.
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To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.- Stephen Hawking
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