Hidni Quotes

Without a struggle,

there can be no progress.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

If Singapore is a nanny state,

then I am proud to have fostered one.

Intellectuals solve problems,

geniuses prevent them.

Why are we,

as a nation so obsessed

with foreign things?

Is it a legacy of

our colonial years?

We want foreign television sets.

We want foreign shirts.

We want foreign technology.

Why this obsession with

everything imported?

Keep smiling,

because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.

You have to be willing to fail to succeed.

This is the real secret of life

to be completely engaged with

what you are doing in the here and now.

Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.

Press criticism is not pleasant,

but it is necessary.

It is part of the machinery of democracy.

Age is an issue of mind over matter.

If you don't mind,

it doesn't matter.

The more you explain it,

the more I don't understand it.

The most incomprehensible thing

about the world is that it is comprehensible.

I’m a big fan of the classic Hollywood era.

I’m a big believer in the fact

that life is about making choices.

I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method

for dealing with the darkness of other people.

If we are not free,

no one will respect us.

All life is an experiment.

The more experiments you make the better.

Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone,

somewhere, may be happy.