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“When Socrates was asked where he came from, he said that he was a citizen of the world. He regarded himself as a citizen of the universe.” Marcus Tulluis Cicero
“The true teaching of love is strong; it kills evil before evil can grow and become powerful.” Leo Tolstoy

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“When people wanted to kill a bear in the ancient times, they hung a heavy log over a bowl of honey. The bear would push the log away in order to eat the honey. The log would swing back and hit the bear. The bear would become irritated and push the log [...]

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“You can achieve wisdom in three ways. The first way is the way of meditation. This is the most noble way. The second way is the way of imitation. This is the easist and least satisfying way. Thirdly, there is the way of experience. This is the most difficult [...]

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Thanks to all of you that visited the site today… bout 50 total… not bad =)
I added tons more pictures this morning while downtown… I think that is all of them for now, at least until I take more!
Update on Portland Fire: Recieved word that my interview is the 5th of Feb. I [...]

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“They asked a Chinese man, ‘What is science?’ He said, ‘Science is knowing people.’ Then they asked, ‘And what is virtue?’ He answered, ‘Virtue is loving people.’”
“The fearlessness, calm, inner peace, and joy which are given to us by love are so big that all other things in the world cannot be compared with them, [...]

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“My religion is love to all living beings.” - Leo Tolstoy

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Today’s quotes were short so I am going to put all four up… These are for the whole weekend…
“Nobody knows where the human race is going. The highest wisdom, then, is to know where you should go; towards perfection.” Tolstoy
“A wise man seeks wisdom; a madman thinks that he has found it.” [...]

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“It seems to us that the most important work in the world is the work which is visible, which we can see: building a house, plowing the land, feeding cattle, gathering fruits; and that the work which is invisible, the work done by the soul, is not important. But our invisible work at the improvement [...]

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Quoting Leo Tolstoy… “We would think a man insane who, instead of covering his house with a roof and putting windows in his window frames, goes out in stormy weather, and scolds the wind, the rain, and the clouds. But we all do the same when we scold and blame the evil in other [...]

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Evening all… big news tonight, well kind of… Now that I have a wireless internet connection down at school, the webpage is getting finished much faster. If you look in the albums tonight you will find it reorganized with tons more pictures! The rest of the site will hopefully be up in the next [...]

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For all of you who have not heard yet.. the Portland Fire Physical Agility Test was saturday! After driving back to Portland from the beach, I arrived early, watched the other candidates for a while, and then it was my turn… I am happy to say that I passed! So in the next three [...]

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Thought I would post a picture of tonights “Search and Rescue Drill.” We were in full gear, including SCBA’s (Self Contained Breathing Apparatus). With a cover over our masks, we were in comeplete darkness… had to go into an unknown “room”.. well an obstacle course, find the victim, and drag him out.. Anyway, [...]

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Picture of this morning’s sunrise…

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New Song for all of you… just a teaser of it though, not the full version yet. Needs work, but its only the rough recording of it… Falling In…

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Portland Fire update came in the mail today! I passed the interview, and have a physical agility test in two weeks… Two more tests and I am in!

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