"There are people of spirit
and there are people of passion but much less common that one might think. Rarer
still are the people of passion and spirit. But rarest of all is a passionate
spirit."
―Martin Buber
November 20, 2012
November 8, 2012
Motor Kebaikan
Maaf, fotonya agak blur
karena mengambilnya dari majalah. Suka terenyuh kalau tiap kali melihat hal
seperti gambar di atas. Terutama secara langsung, dan sering kali secara
langsung. Satu, dua, tiga, empat, lima, sampai enam pribadi yang menumpangi
sebuah sepeda motor. Apalagi, kalau yang terbonceng adalah anak-anak.
Inginnya bila ada orang
kaya yang melihat hal itu di jalan, lalu tiba-tiba membelikan atau
menyumbangkan mobil kepada orang-orang yang mengalami seperti paragraf pertama
di atas. Kalaulah saya sudah benar-benar kaya, saya ingin menerapkannya. Itu
kalau saya sudah benar-benar kaya, ya : ).
Tetapi, apakah arti kekayaan? Apakah
yang dapat membuat seseorang mampu memiliki motor
kebaikan yang selalu menggerakkannya untuk mau memberikan sesuatu?
Apa yang di Dalam, Apa yang di Luar
Apa
yang ada di luar memang belum tentu menggambarkan apa yang ada (terjadi) di
dalam.
“What lies behind us and what
lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
―Ralph Waldo Emerson
“…appearances are often very
deceptive. You cannot tell from appearances how things will go.”
―Winston Churchill
November 7, 2012
Where Serius Learning Is Seriously Fun
The (new) book of knowledge. I kinda agree with a headline of an advertisement I read recently which says, Where Serius Learning Is Seriously Fun. Yes, perhaps learning something or receiving knowledge should be a fun thing to do, or to get and share, right?
"I firmly believe that knowledge must not be walled up in the academy, but must be freely and enthusiastically disseminated to all those 'who have ears to hear.'"
―Lou Markos
"Learning is primarily a social act rather than an individual accomplishment. We learn from other people by 'joining the literacy club' of people we see ourselves as being alike."
―Frank Smith
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