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“It was clear that unless he acted the way the officials wanted, they might not function the way he wanted. This was tantamount to saying that while the bureaucracy was created to carry out governmental functions, the most pressing problem it had to handle was none other than the bureaucracy itself.”
― 1587: A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline
― 1587: A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline
“All things will have an end in this vale of tears. Only one thing will remain—Love for You, O Lord.”
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“The empire was not set up to wage wars, to reconstruct its own society, to conduct a national program of any kind, nor even to improve the standard of living of the populace aside from taking preventative measures against famine. Its purpose was to maintain peace and stability.”
― 1587: A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline
― 1587: A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline
“Everywhere is desert. Everywhere is solitude in which man must do penance and fight the adversary and purify his own heart in the grace of God.”
― Thoughts in Solitude
― Thoughts in Solitude
“We accept reality so readily—perhaps because we sense that nothing is real.”
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