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On feeding the wolf |
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One winter’s evening whilst gathered round a blazing camp fire, an old Sioux Indian chief told his grandson about the inner struggle that goes on inside people.
“You see” said the old man, “this inner struggle is like two wolves fighting each other. One is evil, full of anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, deceit, false pride, superiority, and ego”. “The other one,” he continued, poking the fire with a stick so that the fire crackled, sending the flames clawing at the night sky, “is good, full of joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith”. For a few minutes his grandson pondered his grandfather’s words and then asked, “So which wolf wins, grandfather?” “Well”, said the wise old chief, his lined face breaking into a wry smile, “The one you feed!” 
Quotations from Unknown:  If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following: 57 Asians 21 Europeans 14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south 8 Africans 52 would be female 48 would be male 70 would be non-white 30 would be white 70 would be non Christian 30 would be Christian 89 would be heterosexual 11 would be homosexual 6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth and all 6 would be from the United States 80 would live in substandard housing 70 would be unable to read 50 would suffer from malnutrition 1 would be near death - 1 would be near birth 1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education 1 would own a computer When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for both acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent. Unknown One winter’s evening whilst gathered round a blazing camp fire, an old Sioux Indian chief told his grandson about the inner struggle that goes on inside people.
“You see” said the old man, “this inner struggle is like two wolves fighting each other. One is evil, full of anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, deceit, false pride, superiority, and ego”. “The other one,” he continued, poking the fire with a stick so that the fire crackled, sending the flames clawing at the night sky, “is good, full of joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith”. For a few minutes his grandson pondered his grandfather’s words and then asked, “So which wolf wins, grandfather?” “Well”, said the wise old chief, his lined face breaking into a wry smile, “The one you feed!” Unknown The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.Unknown The wise see knowledge and action as one.Unknown It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.Unknown When a measure becomes an objective it stops being a good measure.Unknown Your responsibility exceeds your accountability.Unknown The illiterate of the next decade will not be individuals who cannot read and write, but the ones who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.Unknown Two hydrogen atoms walk into a pub. One says, "I think I've lost an electron." The other says "Are you sure?" The first says, "Yes, I'm positive. Unknown Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming: "Fuck, what a trip!Unknown
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