Location: St. Paul, MN, United States
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Humanism
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More about Sieglinde Gassman
73 years old
Location: St. Paul, MN, United States
Traditions:
Humanism
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I love language - that of daily conversation, of poetry, of wisdom, of politics, of the foreign tongue as well as the changing nature of my own. I find joy in my garden - in dividing and moving plants in the hope they will thrive when they are in the right place. My children and grandchildren bring me laughter and contentment. The adult learners with whom, as a volunteer ESL tutor, I explore my own language, bring meaning and understanding to my life. Who would have known I would become a puppetteer in my 70s?
Sieglinde Gassman's Wisdom Page
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I'm inspired by the passion of people, hoping that how I live my life will inspire a few others, as so many inspire me!
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The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.
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No source entered for Contribution #7449There is a foolish corner in the brain of the wisest man.
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No source entered for Contribution #7438Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.
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No source entered for Contribution #7381I almost think we're all of us Ghosts. ... It's not only what we have invited from our father and mother that walks in us. It's all sorts of dead ideas, and lifeless old beliefs, and so forth. They have no vitality, but they cling to us all the same, and we can't get rid of them. Whenever I take up a newspaper, I seem to see Ghosts gliding between the lines. There must be Ghosts all the country over, as thick as the sand of the sea. And then we are, one and all, so pitifully afraid of the light.
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Ibsen's first play "Ghosts" 1881
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Wars damage the civilian society as much as they damage the enemy. Soldiers never get over it.
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No source entered for Contribution #7341There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
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No source entered for Contribution #7259No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true.
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No source entered for Contribution #7123True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice that produces beggars needs restructuring.
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No source entered for Contribution #6940Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.
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Buddha
"Buddha Quotes: The Wise Words of Buddha"http://www.successconsciousness.com/buddha_quotes.htm
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Blind faith is an ironic gift to return to the Creator of human intelligence.