SiriA
Thailand
September 7, 2008
"Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."
~Bertrand Russell
"You don’t drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there."
~Unknown Author
"He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat."
~Napoleon
"We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within."
~Earl Nightingale
"Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you."
~ Aldous Huxley
"When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place."
~ Unknown Author
"It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away.""
~ Abraham Lincoln
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11:09 AM Sep 10 2008 |
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Agnolia
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I like Aldous Huxley very much, though I’ve read only his “Counterpoint” I I would like to read more, but I have not found him In English. Do you like Huxley? If yes. What is your favorite work then? Concerning passing exams there is some saying in Russia “ the fools are lucky”I’ve experienced it myself. When I was 18 and studied at the University I was asked to be an interpreter for some American tourist. Unfortunately his staying in Russia coincided with my examination. So I knew nothing.exept the one question that we had studied at the seminar and the other question in examination cards was related to my essay on this subject. So my examination card had two those questions So I got an excellent mark without getting ready to exam. |
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04:33 PM Sep 09 2008 |
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jadd051
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Dear Agnolia, I like Aldous Huxley's the most :) Somehow, I think it reminds me of whom had became now me, and who I would like to be. For the second question, Umm.., Actually, I'm quite a coward, since I was a child. Even now, I can't see horror movies at all. Lets say that I'm fearful for violence and horror very much. But, somehow, I don't think I'm superstitious. Even when I'm being fear of something. I rather rely on my own instinct..and my intuition. there is someone I knew when I was in college, she really believes in magic power. Like, when she was going to take an exam, she had to find out what is the powerful color for her on that day. She must wear cloths in that certain color, also she had to know the magic number of that day (like powerful number for her on that day is 7, she will do things with number 7 as much as possible). Before the day of the exam, she would go to some holy spiritual place to ask for guarantee of her success and promise to give something in return afterward. Sometime, she will promise to stop eating meat for a month, or promise to give 100 boiled eggs to the holy spirit!, sometime, promise to run around a rugby field for 100 rounds, and etc. Somehow, she mostly succeeded, and it's fun to see her do the thing she had promised :D |
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11:42 AM Sep 09 2008 |
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Agnolia
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11:27 AM Sep 09 2008 |
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11:13 AM Sep 08 2008 |
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