Søren Kierkegaard,

was a Danish philosopher, theologian and religious author interested in human psychology. Kierkegaard is regarded as the father of existentialism which means that (in at least in my book!) he's a cool dude! :) :) There's one "passage" of his that I can't seem to find in English (still looking!) so here's two quotes 'til I find what I'm looking for. :)


"Life can only be understood backwards;
but it must be lived forwards."
- Søren Kierkegaard

To be a teacher in the right sense is to be a learner. Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the learner, put yourself in his place so that you may understand what he understands and the way he understands it.
- Søren Kierkegaard
As a future teacher I love that quote, because I find it so true to what a teacher really should be like...! :)

♥ Compassion ♥

Watch this spectacular video produced for the one-year anniversary of the Charter for Compassion. Featuring voice of Rainn Wilson.



Learn. Act. Share.

Agnes - Champion

Lyrics:
You say it's impossible
But you didn't even try at all
Why am I the only one
Who gives the most all the time

You never can admit the truth
Trying to laugh it off
You say I'm a silly girl
But you just don't understand

Did you think I could ever be
The same way that I used to be
Letting you have your way
Though you had the best of me

The tables are turning now
I'm the one that's in control
No more lonely broken hearts
Can't you see I'm moving on

'Cause I-I-I-I'm a champion
So much stronger than I was before
'Cause I-I-I-I'm a champion
Finally taking hold of my life

It's easier to let you go
Now I'm not emotional
I've learned to make it on my own
I can carry on by myself

I'm through with all the pain
No more drowning in the rain
I'm free to be who I am
This time I am moving on

'Cause I-I-I-I'm a champion
So much stronger than I was before
'Cause I-I-I-I'm a champion
Finally taking hold of my life

On my life
Oh, oh, on my life, oohh

Every sign, every move
I will seek without you
Everytime every move
It will be what I choose
Every sign every move
I will seek without you
Everytime every move
It will be what I choose

'Cause I-I-I-I'm a champion
So much stronger than I was before
'Cause I-I-I-I'm a champion
Finally taking hold of my life

'Cause I-I-I-I'm a champion
So much stronger than I was before
'Cause I-I-I-I'm a champion
Finally taking hold of my life...
- a champion...?

Epictetus

More really intriguing thoughts from Paulo Coelho's blog - Character of the week.



All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. All religions must be tolerated… for every man must get to heaven in his own way. Freedom is the right to live as we wish.

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.

It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire. Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else. Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

No man is free who is not master of himself.
God has entrusted me with myself.

Epictetus (AD 55–AD 135) was a Greek Stoic philosopher.