Tag: Life
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
I do not choose to be a common man,
It is my right to be uncommon…if I can,
I seek opportunity…not security.
I do not wish to be a kept citizen,
Humbled and dulled by having the state look after me.
I want to take the calculated risk;
To dream and to build,
To fail and to succeed.
I refuse to barter incentive for a dole;
I prefer the challenges of life
To the guaranteed existence;
The thrill of fulfillment
To the state of calm Utopia.
I will not trade freedom for beneficence
Nor my dignity for a handout.
I will never cower before any master
Nor bend to any threat.
It is my heritage to stand erect,
Proud and unafraid;
To think and act for myself,
To enjoy the benefit of my creations
And to face the world boldly and say:
This, with God’s help, I have done.
All this is what it meant
To be an Entrepreneur.
The mossy marbles rest
On the lips that he has prest
In their bloom,
And the names he loved to hear
Have been carved for many a year
On the tomb.
You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.
One day you’ll leave this world behind. So live a life you will remember.
Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is.
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
起初他们追杀共产党，我没有说话——因为我不是共产党；
后来他们追杀社民党，我没有说话——因为我不是社民党；
接著他们追杀工会成员，我没有说话——因为我不是工会成员；
此后他们追杀犹太人，我没有说话——因为我不是犹太人；
最后他们奔我而来，却再也没有人站起来为我说话了。
布满青苔的石板，
盖在他曾亲吻的芳唇上，
多年以前镌刻墓碑的，
是他心爱的人的名字。
我们浪费掉了太多的青春。那是一段如此自以为是，又如此狼狈不堪的青春岁月。有欢笑，也有泪水；有 朝气，也有颓废；有甜蜜，也有荒唐；有自信，也有迷茫。我们敏感，我们偏执，我们顽固到底故作坚强；我们轻易地伤害别人，也轻易地被别人所伤；我们追逐于颓废的快乐，陶醉于寂寞的美丽；我们坚信自己与众不同，坚信世界会因我而改变；我们觉醒，其实我们已经不再年轻，我们的前途或许也不再是无限的。其实它又可曾是无限的？曾经在某一瞬间，我们都以为自己长大了。但是有一天，我们终于发现，长大的含义除了欲望，还有勇气、责任和坚强，以及某种必须的牺牲。在生活面前我们还都是孩子，其实我们从未长大，还不懂得爱和被爱。