One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
But to me the bottom line is the more education you can give yourself and the more preparation you can do the less chance of failing.
His elementary and secondary education in Hsinchu was rather colorful and...
I believe you need to be educated on what you want to do in life, but I...
I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
