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This is what should be done
By one who is skilled in goodness,
And who knows the path of peace:
Let them be able and upright,
Straightforward and gentle in speech.
Humble and not conceited,
Contented and easily satisfied.
Unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways.
Peaceful and calm, and wise and skillful,
Not proud and demanding in nature.
Let them not do the [...]

Nobel Acceptance Speech 2005
In 1958 I wrote the following:
‘There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.’
I believe that these assertions still make sense and do [...]

If you’re thinkin’ that my life
Is a hoot and a holler
From the start of the day
To the dark of the night
Then it’s ringing like a bell
That you only wanna follow
And trust me when I say
I’m just trying to get it right
Still I think about myself
As a lucky old dreamer
If you’re asking me to tell
Is it [...]

I, a mariner of love,
sail passion’s perilous deeps
desperate to find a cove
or harbor, or rest or peace.
Guided by a distant star
more radiant, more bright,
though its light shines from afar,
than any Palinurus spied.
I know not where she leads,
I sail perplexed, confused,
my soul care-laden, careless,
wanting nothing but to gaze
[...]

by William Henry Davies
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars like skies [...]

I ain’t lookin’ to compete with you,
Beat or cheat or mistreat you,
Simplify you, classify you,
Deny, defy or crucify you.
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.
No, and I ain’t lookin’ to fight with you,
Frighten you or uptighten you,
Drag you down or drain you down,
Chain you down or bring you down.
All I really [...]

by Deep Survival - Laurence Gonzales
As a journalist, I’ve been writing about accidents for more than thirty years. In the last 15 or so years, I’ve concentrated on accidents in outdoor recreation, in an effort to understand who lives, who dies, and why. To my surprise, I found an eerie uniformity in the way people [...]

All over the world, millions of people practice mountaineering, hiking, trekking and rock climbing. In many countries mountain sports have become a significant factor of everyday life.
Hardly any other activity encompasses such a broad motivational spectrum as does mountain sports. It gives people the opportunity to realize personal goals and pursue meaningful lifelong activity. Motives [...]

Pham Duy, a very popular poet and folk singer from Vietnam, appeared on American television after the Tet offensive in 1968. One of the songs he chose to present was called “On Behalf Of.” He stated that this song was very popular in Vietnam because it “reflects the feeling of our people.” Strumming his guitar [...]

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