Andrew To
Andrew To
Andrew Tois a member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council, Hong Kong. Of Hakka ancestry, he is the former chairman of League of Social Democrats from 2010 to 2011, succeeding Wong Yuk-man. His wife, Jackie Hung, was a leader of Civil Human Rights Front and Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese...
way would-be couches
Movies are as old as psychoanalysis. So if I were to put you or anyone else on a couch and say, 'Tell me your favorite movies,' it would be a way of psychoanalyzing you.
The more seriously you take yourself, the less others will.
sacrifice love-is invisible
It's possible to love without sacrificing-but who would notice? For love is demonstrated only through sacrifice-without it, love is invisible.
keys each-day entertainment
The key to contentedness is not the absence of work; neither is it to cap each day with the witless abandon of hollow entertainment, but to fill your days with that which fills your life with meaning.
hero passion names
The famous names throughout history-be they heroes or villains-if they accomplished anything notable, they were passionate. Passion is what drives those who accomplish momentous feats, for good or evil.
long fool teach
Wisdom doesn't teach fools for long.
different planning failing
In the end, failing to plan and planning to fail aren't so different.
people alternatives significance
People talk about 'lives of significance'-as if there's an alternative. If you're not leading a life of significance, you're not living.
veins want wannabes
If you're going to be a wannabe, make sure you 'wannabe' something great. The most shocking thing about wannabes, is they largely want to be something irrelevant, vein, or just plain petty.
reader
Unless you're a terribly bad writer, you are never going to have too many readers.
book half hours
I'm a books person. Yes, I have a Kindle. I used it for an hour and a half and put it in the closet.
paradise links passed-away
The Sabbath is the link between the paradise which has passed away and the paradise which is yet to come.
wisdom needs process
Critical in this process of wisdom being passed down is that you also need to take it in; you need to listen to it.
inspiration curiosity done
What gets projects done for me is not inspiration. It's curiosity and rigor.