Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for Love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me here and there, over a great ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair. I have lived a thousand lives ...
All things will Die / Alle Dinge werden Sterben / Todas as coisas Morrerão / Todas las cosas Morirán
At some point in life, you come face-to-face with the reality of your own mortality. All things that live will eventually die. It is a fact of life, but it can be hard to face at times. Death is an essential part of the circle of life. Whether you are talking about a Human being, an animal, or a plant, every ...
Hidden Heroes / Versteckte Helden / Heróis Ocultos / Héroes Ocultos
The coronavirus pandemic characterizes everyday life in many parts of the World. In order to overcome this exceptional situation, more and more people - despite their own risk of infection - are putting themselves at the service of their neighbours and Society. We can not express enough how incredibly grateful we are for the the dedication ...
Ordinary Madness / Gewöhnlicher Wahnsinn / Loucura Comum / Locura Ordinaria
There are degrees of madness, and the madder you are the more obvious it will be to other people. Most of my life I have hidden my madness within myself but it is there. For instance, some person will be speaking to me of this or that and while this person is boring me with ...
A psalm of Life / Ein Psalm des Lebens / Um salmo da Vida / Un salmo de Vida
No matter what death brings, the soul will never be destroyed. Because of this, it is important to do all you can in life to make your situation, and that of others, better. The soul is immortal. You may sleep for a little while in that change called death, but you can never be destroyed. You ...
So far yet so Close / So weit und doch so Nah / Tão longe mas tão perto / Tan lejos pero tan Cerca
So close yet so farSo thin yet so fatSo kind yet so horribleSo pretty yet so uglyWhy are you so contradictory?So warm yet so coldSo positive yet so negativeSo alive yet so deadSo happy yet so sadWhy are you so contradictory?So tall yet so smallSo right yet so wrongSo even yet so oddSo simple yet ...
When you lose Yourself / Wenn du Dich Verlierst / Quando você se Perde / Cuando te Pierdes
You may wake up one day and do not recognize the person you see in the mirror. You may feel it happen gradually, day by day, you can feel yourself growing more distant from who you really are. You may lose interest in the things you love, or you may find yourself following other interests. You ...
The unknown of Everything / Das Unbekannte von Allem / O desconhecido de Tudo / Lo desconocido de Todo
Only when you understand that depth of your own ignorance, only when you understand how little you know, are you ready to develop the lifelong habit that will best support learning. Only when you are free from conventional thinking, free to doubt what you have been taught about the World, can you imagine a whole ...
Having hard Times / Harte Zeiten Haben / Tendo tempos Difíceis / Teniendo tiempos Difíciles
Having hard times seem like falling in a well of absolute darkness; and that with each passing day you are sinking deeper and deeper. You find it hard to sleep and even breathe. You spend time crippled by anxiety to the point of immobilization. Life is fragile. Hard times are inevitable. At one time or another, ...
Love is a Lie / Liebe ist eine Lüge / Amor é uma Mentira / Amor es una Mentira
Do you not know you can fool some people all the time and do you not know you can fool all the people some times but even so you can not fool all the people all the time. On Facebook, about 83 million users are 'Fake'. Of course many of those fake accounts belong to our pets, but ...
Ticking Clocks / Tickende Uhren / Relógios de TicTac / Relojes de TicTac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVgCULMJNa4 I see time escape. From this view the sun is rising perfect just like the day before.I see people coming and going, making their way into the World.I see the steam rising up from my coffee disappearing into a sky much bigger than me.I see ticking clocks.I hear times impatient song.An orchestra of chirping birds and ...
Born into This / In dies Hineingeboren / Nascido em Isso / Nacido en Esto
You have been born into a World where fear is the only lasting emotion. The reign of terror has become so open and clear that most people find it hard to deny the World is devolving into a totalitarian dictatorship. Citizens are asked to make a choice between an incompetent war-hawk and another incompetent wark-hawk. Terrorist ...
A smile to Remember / Ein Lächeln zum Erinnern / Um sorriso para Lembrar / Una sonrisa para Recordar
Most people think that we smile because we feel happy, but it can go the other way as well: we feel happy because we smile. Now, it is hard to say which came first, the smile or happiness that it yields. Considering a smile causes happiness, and the feeling of being happy causes us to ...
Do not go gentle into that Goodnight / Geh nicht sanft in diese gute Nacht / Não seja gentil com essa boa Noite / No vayas gentilmente a esa buena Noche
Do not go gentle into that good night, -Old age should burn and rave at close of day; -Rage, rage against the dying of the light. - Though wise men at their end know dark is right, -Because their words had forked no lightning they -Do not go gentle into that good night. - Good men, the ...
The Awakening / Das Erwachen / O Despertar / El Despertar
In the early dawn of happiness - you gave me three kisses - so that I would wake up - to this moment of love - I tried to remember in my heart - what I’d dreamt about - during the night - before I became aware - of this moving - of life - ...
Tragedies of ordinary Life / Tragödien des gewöhnlichen Lebens / Tragédias da vida Ordinaria / Tragedias de la vida Ordinaria
The secret of living an extraordinary life is to take control of your mind, since this alone will determine whether you live in a suffering state or a beautiful state. In the end, it is all about the power of decisions. Your life is shaped not by your conditions, but by your decisions. Commit to being ...
Hero of War / Kriegsheld / Herói da Guerra / Héroe de Guerra
I am: yet what I am none cares or knows, -My friends forsake me like a memory lost; -I am the self-consumer of my woes, -They rise and vanish in oblivious host, -Like shades in love and death's oblivion lost; -And yet I am, and live with shadows tost Into the nothingness of scorn and noise,Into ...
2012-11-20 Ponta Pirambu, Brazil / Baby, you’re the One / Baby, Du bist Diejenige / Bebê, você é a Única / Bebe, tu eres Ela
It is difficult to figure out if the guy you are with is truly in Love with you or simply enjoys your company. But while men may be mysterious in the ways of Love, there are certain signs that reveal his feelings beyond the shadow of a doubt. He thinks you are 'The One'. It is ...
Longing for Childhood / Sehnsucht nach Kindheit / Saudade da Infância / Anhelo de la Infancia
The past is as elusive a dream as the future. Always distorted. Always yearned for. Always seen as better days. It keeps you from the truth of the present and the pain of reality. It is seen as something beautiful, something irrevocable and somewhere that will always be better than where you are now. Because of ...
The present turns into a Memory / Die Gegenwart wird zur Erinnerung / O presente se transforma em uma Memória / El presente se convierte en una Memoria
Once in a while you look up, and watch as the present turns into a memory, as if some future 'You' is already looking back on it. Memory is your past and future. To know who you are as a person, you need to have some idea of who you have been. For better or worse, ...
My private Hell / Meine private Hölle / Meu inferno Privado / Mi infierno Privado
Hate is among the most powerful of Human emotions - it has caused great sorrow and suffering. There is ample evidence in historical records, art, and artifacts, that hate has very deep roots within humanity and that it stands tall, often pushing aside its counterparts, Love and hope. It is archetypal in nature, suggesting a biological and/or ...
Fire and Ice / Feuer und Eis / Fogo e Gelo / Fuego y Hielo
An ancient indian clan known as the Hopi tribe, which is still 18,327 strong, has described how the apocalypse will arrive. The tribe claims that we now live in the fourth World after the previous three were destroyed by fire and ice. Fire and ice are equally potent to destroy the World. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqeNdxM-gcg Fire evidently means passion ...
Look Up / Schau nach Oben / Olhe para Cima / Ojo hacia Arriba
A spoken word film for an online generation. ‘Look Up’ is a lesson taught to us through a Love story, in a World where we continue to find ways to make it easier for us to connect with one another, but always results in us spending more time alone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY I do not want you to stop using social media or smartphones. It is ...
To the Unknown Man / Zum unbekannten Mann / Para o Homem Desconhecido / Al Hombre Desconocido
One day I saw someone I thought I’d never see - He was sagging with smell of marijuana coming from his mouth - And the way he talked you could tell he was from the south - Just standing there staring at me - I didn’t know what to say or do - I looked in his eyes to see ...
Call it Grace / Nenn es Gnade / Chame isso de Graça / Llámalo Gracia
What is grace? I know until you ask me; when you ask me, I do not know. - Grace strikes you when you are in great pain and restlessness. It strikes you when you walk through the dark valley of a meaningless and empty life. Grace offers the possibility of sudden transformation - an awakening, similar to ...