Of Harmony It is my temper, and I like it the better, to affect all harmony: and sure there is musick even in the beauty, and the silent note which Cu...
A Unique Job A fathers job is unique If parents had job descriptions mine would read: organize bills, playmates, laundry, meals, laundry, carpool...
Inside the Russian Embassy in London a KGB colonel puffed a cigarette as he read the handwritten note for the third time There was no need for the wr...
Today our lives are changing faster than at any time in history Here we report on three important changes that will have a big impact on our everyday...
Tips on How to Get Along with People为人之道 1 Keep chains on your tongue; always say less than you think Cultivate a pleasant, persuasive voice How yo...
A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree A little boy loved to come and lay around it everyday He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took...
After damning politicians up hill and down dale for many years, as rogues and vagabonds, frauds and scoundrels, I sometimes suspect that, like everyon...
A thick crust, coarse-grained as limestone rough-cast,hardened gradually on top of the four crocksthat stood, large pottery bombs, in the small pantry...
Each of my sons made the discovery early We would be riding in the car at night, and a little voice would call out from the back seat, Hey, the moon...
一个年轻的朋友写信问我：“应该做一个什么样的人?“我回答他：“做一个战士。” 另一个朋友问我：“怎样对付生活了①，我仍旧答道：“做一个战士。” 《战士颂》的作者曾经写过这样的话： “我激荡在这绵绵不息、滂沱四方的生命洪流中，我就应该追逐这洪流，而且追过它，自己去造更广、更深的洪流。”...
Tell me not in mournful numbers, 请别用哀伤的诗句对我讲； Life is but an empty dream! 人生呵，无非是虚梦一场！ For the soul is dead that slumbers 因为沉睡的灵魂如死一般， And t...
Beauty There were a sensitivity and a beauty to her that have nothing to do with looks She was one to be listened to, whose words were so easy to t...
论占有的烦恼 当你占有什么东西的时候，不自觉的你就觉得自己应该为自己的占有对象做点什么，于是占有的烦恼接踵而至，sigh 不过大家好象都不怕烦似的，只要能占有，就是烦一点也不要紧，嗨，不怕烦 grin 占有总比什么都没有好，这个是Forster所没有想到的，他所列举的占有的烦恼，根...
This is an abridged version of an article published in Taiwans The Journalist , a weekly news magazine In the article, the writer laments that the...
Zhong Qiu Jie, which is also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar It is a time fo...
The four marks of leadership领袖的四种品质 Address by John Engler, Governor of Michigan Delivered to Stephen F Austin State University, Commencement Address...
Before Two Portraits of My Mother 两幅母亲肖像前 I love the beautiful young girl of this portrait, my mother, painted years ago when her forehead was wh...
寒暑表降到冰点下十八度的时候，我们也是在廊下睡觉。每夜最熟识的就是天上的星辰了。也不过是点点闪烁的光明，而相看惯了，偶然不见，也有些想望与无聊。 连夜雨雪，一点星光都看不见。荷和我拥衾对坐，在廊子的两角，遥遥谈话。 荷指着说：“你看维纳斯（Venus）升起来了！”我抬头望时，却是山路转折处的路...
Climbing through the January snow, into the Lobo canyonDark grow the spruce-trees, blue is the balsam, water sounds stillunfrozen, and the trail is st...
The First Snow The first snow came How beautiful it was, falling so silently all day long, all night long, on the mountains, on the meadows, on the r...
