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Matisse and the Music of Discontent By Andre Kostelanetz On Easter Sunday, 1945, the last year of the war, my wife and I were in Marseilles. We had just arrived for four days rest, after a tour of entertaining the troops in Burma. It was a wonderful
The Greeks Had an Answer by Gilbert Murray In trying to say what I really believe, I cannot recite one of the traditional creeds, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, or the like. Most of us are born into one of them, and which it is depends simply o
A Ball to Roll Around By Robert Allman I lost my sight when I was 4 years old by falling off a boxcar in a freight yard in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and landing on my head. Now, I am 32. I can vaguely remember the brightness of sunshine and what col
A Morning Prayer in a Little Church By Helen Hayes Once, years ago, I got into a dogfight. I was wheeling a baby carriage, my pet cocker spaniel trotting beside me. Without warning, three dogsan Afghan, a St. Bernard and a Dalmatianpounced on the coc
A Lesson Learned at Midnight By James Q. DuPont Ever since one midnight, in nineteen hundred and nine, when I first heard my mother crying, I have been groping for beliefs to help me through the rough going and confusions of life. My dads voice was l
Flotsam, Jetsam, and Liberty By James Carey Perhaps more than anything else in the world, I believe in liberty: liberty for myself, liberty for my fellow men. I cannot forget the legend engraved on the base of the Statue of Liberty on Bedlows Island
The Art of Bouncing Back by Joyce Grenfell I think the center of my faith is an absolute certainty of good. Like everyone else, I get low and there are times when I feel as if I have my fins backwards and am swimming upstream in heavy boots. But even
Freedom is Worth the Risk The philosopher George Santayana, at the age of eighty-eight, admitted that things no longer seemed so simple to him as they did fifty years ago. Even those of use who have not reached Mr. Santayanas age must share that feel
Do You Know Your Special Talent? by Anne Heywood What I am about to say may appear to be plugging my own business, but it's what I know best ... and I believe it deeply and sincerely. I believe that every human being has a talent - something that he
A sort of unselfish selfishness by WARD GREENE When a man is ten, he has a boy's faith in almost everthing: even Santa Claus is a belief he is not quite ready to give up so long as there is a chance the old gentleman may really live and deliver. When
In order to tell what I believe, I must briefly sketch something of my personal history. The turning point of my life was my decision to give up a promising business career and study music. My parents, although sympathetic, and sharing my love of mus
Dreams Are the Stuff Life Is Made Of By Carroll Carroll I believe I am a very lucky man. My entire life has been lived in the healthy area between too little and too much. Ive never experienced financial or emotional insecurity, but everything I have
The Law of the Heart by J. George Frederick At long last, I have come to a rather simple point, as to what I believe. I believe in what I choose to call, the Law of the Heart. In the medical world, this phraseThe Law of the Heartmeans the great disco
We live in a world where criticizing people and focusing on negative attributes seems to be the social norm. 我们生活在一个这样的世界里:人们恣意批评他人,专注于消极情绪,而这些似乎成为了社会规范。 Its an u
Everyone wants to become a better person, but some people just dont know how. 每个人都渴望自己更好,只是有些人并不清楚该怎么做。 At the end of each day, I like to reflect and see what I can do to become a better person. Not o
Keep this list handy. Ask yourself these questions every day--without fail. And then, based on your answers, take action. 把这份清单放在手边。每天问问自己下面的问题 一定要回答。然后,基于自己的回答,采取行动。
Think being happy is something that happens as a result of luck, circumstance, having money, etc.? Think again. 总觉得快乐是和运气、环境和财富有关?再好好想想吧。 Happiness is a mindset. And if youre looking to improve your a
Once in a while, you will need to encounter sentences that make you smile as you will need more inspiration and motivation to go on with your life. Which sentences do you think will make you smile the most? 总有那么一瞬间你需要看一些好句
When you want to change something in your life, it can feel overwhelming. Whether its losing 50lbs or switching careers, starting a side business or spring cleaning the home, it might be a change youre desperately keen to make but getting started is
Many people have what they call a bucket list: namely, a list of things they want to experience or accomplish before they die. Sometimes, a bucket list just doesnt cut it, however, which is why making an impossible list is the way to go. Following th