A Liberal Decalogue by Bertrand Russell

A Liberal Decalogue:
Bertrand Russell’s 10 Commandments of Teaching

The Ten Commandments that,as a teacher, I should wish to promulgate, might be set forth as follows:

1. Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
2. Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light.

3. Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.
4. When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavour to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory.

5. Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found.
6. Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do the opinions will suppress you.

7. Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
8. Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent that in passive agreement, for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper agreement than the latter.

9. Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.
10. Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool's paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.

On Belief by George orwell

We are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield.
George Orwell

Des belles citations inspirantes sur Amour

Tout ce que tu peux faire dans la vie, c’est être toi-même. Certains t’aimerons pour qui tu es. La plupart t’aimeront pour les services que tu peux leur rendre, d’autres ne t’aimeront pas.
Rita Mae Brown

Doutez que les étoiles ne soient de flamme Doutez que le soleil n'accomplisse son tour Doutez que la vérité soit menteuse infâme Mais ne doutez jamais de mon amour.
William Shakespeare

L'amour n'est pas l'amour s'il il fane lorsqu'il se trouve que son objet s'éloigne. Quand la vie devient dure, quand les choses changent, le véritable amour reste inchangé.
William Shakespeare

Permets à mon sourire de t'offrir ma tendresse, permets à ma main de t'apporter du doux, permets à mon regard de te dire ton importance, et accepter ainsi ma gratitude au cadeau de ta présence.
Jacques Salomé ;Je t'appelle tendresse

..mais il y a au monde une chose sainte et sublime, c'est l'union de deux de ces êtres si imparfaits et si affreux. On est souvent trompé en amour, souvent blessé et souvent malheureux; mais on aime, et quand on est sur le bord de sa tombe, on se retourne pour regarder en arrière et on se dit : j'ai souffert souvent, je me suis trompé quelquefois, mais j'ai aimé. C'est moi qui ai vécu, et non pas un être factice créé par mon orgueil et mon ennui.
Alfred de Musset

From the Finite to the Infinite by William MacNeile Dixon

All finite things have their roots in the infinite, and if you wish to understand life at all, you cannot tear out its context. And that context, astounding even to bodily eyes, is the heaven of stars and the incredible procession of the great galaxies.
William MacNeile Dixon

Leave each one his touch of folly by John Lancaster Spalding

Leave each one his touch of folly it helps to lighten life's burden which, if he could see himself as he is, might be too heavy to carry.
John Lancaster Spalding

Schöne Kurze Gedichte zu Freundschaft:Gib treulich mir die Hände von Novalis*Auch in der Ferne von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Gib treulich mir die Hände
Novalis

Gib treulich mir die Hände,
sei Bruder mir und wende
den Blick vor deinem Ende
nicht wieder weg von mir.

Ein Tempel, wo wir knien,
ein Ort, wohin wir ziehn,
ein Glück, für das wir glühn,
ein Himmel mir und dir!

Auch in der Ferne
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Auch in der Ferne zeigt sich alles reiner,
Was in der Gegenwart uns nur verwirrt!
Vielleicht wirst du erkennen, welche Liebe
Dich überall umgab, und welchen Werth
Die Treue wahrer Freunde hat, und wie
Die weite Welt die Nächsten nicht ersetzt…
Gar freundliche Gesellschaft leistet uns
Ein ferner Freund, wenn wie ihn glücklich wissen.

Inspirational Reflections on Life:Death Wins...Life Wins by Will Durant

Music:
Frank Sinatra's My Way(Instrumental)-Richard Clayderman

Death Wins...Life Wins
Will Durant
Fallen Leaves:last words on life,love,war & God.

Here is an old man on the bed of death,harassed with helpless friends and wailing relatives. What a terrible sight it is – this thin frame with loosened and cracking flesh,this toothless mouth in a bloodless face,this tongue that cannot speak, these eyes that cannot see! To this pass youth has come, after all its hopes and trials;to this pass middle age, after all its torment and its toil.To this pass health and strength and joyous rivalry; this arm once struck great blows and fought for victory in virile games.

To this pass knowledge,science, wisdom:for seventy years this man with pain and effort gathered knowledge; his brain became the storehouse of a varied experience, the center of a thousand subtleties of thought and deed; his heart through suffering learned gentleness as his mind learned understanding; seventy years he grew from an animal into a man capable of seeking truth and creating beauty. But death is upon him,poisoning him,choking him,congealing his blood,gripping his heart,bursting his brain,rattling in his throat. Death wins.

Outside on the green boughs birds twitter,and Chantecler sings his hymn to the sun. Light streams across the fields; buds open and stalks confidently lift their heads; the sap mounts in the trees.Here are children: what is it that makes them so joyous,running madly over the dew-wet grass, laughing, calling,pursuing,eluding,panting for breath,inexhaustible? What energy, what spirit and happiness! What do they care about death? They will learn and grow and love and struggle and create,and lift life up one little notch,perhaps,before they die.

And when they pass they will cheat death with children, with parental care that will make their offspring finer than themselves. There in the garden’s twilight lovers pass, thinking themselves unseen; their quiet words mingle with the murmur of insects calling to their mates; the ancient hunger speaks through eager and through lowered eyes,and a noble madness courses through clasped hands and touching lips. Life wins.