The Road to Character. David Brooks.

The Road to Character. David Brooks. Random House, N.Y.2015

별 볼일 없는 저작이다. 동양3국인이라면 삼척동자도 다 아는 한마디 德에 관한 서양식 풀이. 책값 돌리도.

Then we do for how to develop a profound character.

This book is about…how some people have cultivated strong character. It’s about one mindset that people through the centuries have adopted to put iron in their core and to cultivate a wise heart.

 

p.8 We have an almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.

P13. They have to go down to go up. They had to descend into the valley of humility to climb to the heights of character.

p.20 Mea Culpa!

 

P262. The long road to character begins with an accurate understanding of our nature, and the core of that understanding is that we are flawed creatures.

 

P263. Character is built in the course of your inner confrontation. Character is a set of disposition, desires, and habits that are slowly engraved during the struggle against your own weakness.

The Sympathizer. Viet Thanh Nguyen.Grove Press 2015

갑갑한 소설. 2016/06/03 프놈펜, 싱가폴 대사관 인근 monument bookshop에서 구매.

P.14 Everyman should have a false bottom in his luggage.

p.22 雪化石膏

P.30 Scent of City

P160 You can’t blame a gay for trying

달리 별 할 말이 없음.

2016.6.27  初夏/ 鎭

初夏. 鎭