i cant write poetry but i found something nice so just posting that
Bertrand Russell:
Three passions have governed my life:
The longings for love, the search for knowledge,
And unbearable pity for the suffering of [humankind].
Love brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness.
In the union of love I have seen In a mystic miniature the prefiguring vision Of the heavens that saints and poets have imagined.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge.
I have wished to understand the hearts of [people].
I have wished to know why the stars shine.
Love and knowledge led upwards to the heavens,
But always pity brought me back to earth; Cries of pain reverberated in my heart Of children in famine, of victims tortured And of old people left helpless. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, And I too suffer. This has been my life;
I found it worth living.
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Hey how is qatar? u got to see some of the asian games competition?
I didn't like 'always pity brought me back to earth'...but I react to certain words more strongly than others, I guess.
I'm sorry we couldn't talk before you left. :-(
dwsid: i did see them, watched sepaktakraw, may go for closing ceremony 2,
smith: i didnt like that 2, but found others inspiring enough for me 2 overlook that
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