January 2010
179 posts
Contribute to World Peace.
“You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living. Then you read a book… or you take a trip… and you discover that you are not living, that you are hibernating. The symptoms of hibernating are easily detectable: first, restlessness. The second symptom (when hibernating becomes dangerous and might degenerate into death): absence of pleasure. That is all. It appears...
It is better to give.
There are so many things greater than self.
Joy
This world, with its multitude of insolvable problems, is not a place of joy. We must all live in anticipation of disaster simply because we know it has happened so often to so many. Disease destroys the lives of multitudes. Potential war and violence on the streets strike fear into our hearts. Discouragement over the difficulties of making ends meet—or of even having sufficient to eat or a warm,...
“As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left...”
– Margaret Mead
“Our Nature lies in movement; complete calm is death.”
– Blaise Pascal
“A prententious, showy life is an empty life; a plain and simple life is a full...”
"Cheers!" in 50 different languages
And I love this…
Afrikaans : Gesondheid! : (Ge-sund-hide)
Albanian : Gëzuar! : (Géschuar)
Arabic (Egyptian) : في صحتكم! : (Fee-sa-ha-tak)
Armenian : Armenia : (Gen-ots-it)
Azerbaijani : Afiyët oslun! : (Afeeyet Ohs-lun)
Basque : On egin! : (On egín)
Bosnian : Živjeli! : (Zhee-vi-lee)
Bulgarian :...
“Travel – real, rugged, authentic travel – is the best sort of education. In this...”
– Tim Patterson
Travel is the best education.
Discover complexity.
Shatter stereotypes.
Learn a language. Get a job. Contribute to world peace. Shatter your preconceptions.
“Wherever your treasure is, your heart will be also.”
I am finding beauty in hidden places.
Humanitarianism
In its most general form, humanitarianism is an ethic of kindness, benevolence and sympathy extended universally and impartially to all human beings. Humanitarianism has been an evolving concept historically but universality is a common element in its evolution. No distinction is to be made in the face of human suffering or abuse on grounds of gender, tribal, caste, religious or national...
love casts out all fear
Come with me and let’s live on love…
But can we really just live on love alone? I think so…
When life has meaning, you can bear almost...
