Month: May 2011

The world’s population is projected to pass 7 billion on October 31st as it heads toward 10 billion or more by the end of the century, a new UN report said today.

Irish Times article: LINK

This is the action of the wise one: because he is aware that where happiness exists, there is also misery and strife; that where honesty may be found, there is occasion for dishonesty, and that men may be beguiled.

The actions of the wise are sharp, but they are never cutting; they are pointed, though never piercing; they are straightforward, not contrived, and not without restraint; brilliant but not blinding.

When the hand of the ruler is light, the people do not contrive, but when the country is severely ruled, the people grow in cunning.