Between humility and ignorance

This is from page 281 of Frank Knight’s 1950 presidential address to the American Economic Association – an address titled ‘The Role of Principles in Economics and Politics’ – this address is slightly modified and reprinted in the 1956 collection of several of Knight’s papers and speeches, On the History and Method of Economics: “I […]

OF ‘KULI’ AND ‘BOSS’

Some ask if lowering one’s pride is conceding defeat. I think not. Humility is a sign of inner strength and wisdom. – Haemin Sunim, South Korean Buddhist teacher and writer “Jangan panggil nya boss; nya kuli (Don’t call him boss; he is a coolie, meaning an unskilled labourer),” said a pub customer, aged in his […]

Malaysians love PM Muhyiddin’s humility, sense of humour

KUALA LUMPUR: A leader, what more when he is the country’s number one, is often seen as someone who is very busy with the country’s administration, with no time at all to browse the social media for snippets into the lives of the ordinary people, or to humour them. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin […]