Life grows in the soil of time What I believe, what I value most, is transitoriness. But is not transitoriness - the perishableness of life - something very sad? No! It is the very soul of existence. It imparts value, dignity, interest to life. Trans...
What Makes Me Feel Big J. Frank Dobie My mind is big when I look at you and talk to you, Chief Eagle of the Pawnees said to George Bird Grinnell when, after years of absence, that noble writer appeared at his friends tepee. It is very difficult in dr...
What Are People Good For One's beliefs are revealed not so much in words or in formal creeds as in the assumptions on which one habitually acts and in the basic values by which all choices are tested. The cornerstone of my own value system was laid i...
Do you know your special talent? Anne Heywood What I am about to say may appear to be plugging my own business, but its what I know bestand I believe it deeply and sincerely. I believe that every human being has a talentsomething that he can do bette...
Spiritual Handholds on Life by Dr. Fred Dow Fagg, JR The view of the high Sierra Lake, nestled in the snow and rock slightly below the timber line, was beautiful from my vantage point some five hundred feet above its shimmering surface. I was anxious...
The thread of permanence By William Zorach It is strange how certain things make a great impression on us in childhood. I remember these verses by Longfellow: Life is real! Life is earnest! And the graves is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust retur...
An Excerpt of John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address 肯尼迪总统就职演说摘录 Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price，bear any burden, 告知诸国，不论是希望我们好或不好的国家，我们...
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address 林肯盖茨堡演讲词 Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, 八十七年前，我们的祖先在这块大陆上建立了个新国家， conceived in liberty and dedica...
Self-control 自制 Self-control is essential to happiness and usefulness. 自制是快乐及有为不可或缺的部分。 It is the master of all the virtues, and has its root in self-respect. 它主宰所有的美德，并扎根于自尊。 Let a...
To the Unknown Teacher 致无名之师 I sing the praise of the Unknown Teacher. 我要歌颂无名之师。 Great Generals win campaigns，but it is the Unknown Soldier who wins the war. 伟大的将军赢得战役，但打赢战争的却是无名战士...
