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Như cái muỗng không thể nếm được vị của thức ăn mà nó tiếp xúc, người ngu cũng không thể hiểu được trí tuệ của người khôn ngoan, dù có được thân cận với bậc thánh.Đức Đạt-lai Lạt-ma XIV

Bạn có thể trì hoãn, nhưng thời gian thì không. (You may delay, but time will not.)Benjamin Franklin

Chúng ta không thể đạt được sự bình an nơi thế giới bên ngoài khi chưa có sự bình an với chính bản thân mình. (We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.)Đức Đạt-lai Lạt-ma XIV

Nên biết rằng tâm nóng giận còn hơn cả lửa dữ, phải thường phòng hộ không để cho nhập vào. Giặc cướp công đức không gì hơn tâm nóng giận.Kinh Lời dạy cuối cùng

Yếu tố của thành công là cho dù đi từ thất bại này sang thất bại khác vẫn không đánh mất sự nhiệt tình. (Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.)Winston Churchill

Vui thay, chúng ta sống, Không hận, giữa hận thù! Giữa những người thù hận, Ta sống, không hận thù!Kinh Pháp Cú (Kệ số 197)

Không trên trời, giữa biển, không lánh vào động núi, không chỗ nào trên đời, trốn được quả ác nghiệp.Kinh Pháp cú (Kệ số 127)

Học Phật trước hết phải học làm người. Làm người trước hết phải học làm người tốt. (學佛先要學做人，做人先要學做好人。)Hòa thượng Tinh Không

Hãy sống tốt bất cứ khi nào có thể, và điều đó ai cũng làm được cả.Đức Đạt-lai Lạt-ma XIV

Tôn giáo không có nghĩa là giới điều, đền miếu, tu viện hay các dấu hiệu bên ngoài, vì đó chỉ là các yếu tố hỗ trợ trong việc điều phục tâm. Khi tâm được điều phục, mỗi người mới thực sự là một hành giả tôn giáo.Đức Đạt-lai Lạt-ma XIV

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Much of the history of North America is about how Europeans moved westward from the
Atlantic coast towards the Pacific. The first settlements began around 1600, and it was a
long time before the Europeans settled the interior. By the late eighteenth century,
however, good farmland along the east coast was becoming scarce. As the population
increased, people began thinking about all the native Indian lands further inland.
Families were quite large in pioneer days, and the oldest son usually inherited the family
farm. This meant that the other sons and daughters would have to move away when their
parents died. Often the sons would want to begin their own farm, and start their own
family. But, if there was no farmland available, or if it was too expensive to buy, they were
out of luck. One option was to move west where land was free or very cheap.
Sometimes the whole family might move if their old farm was no longer productive.
Sometimes the old farm was on poor soil, or too much farming had exhausted the soil.
Perhaps better land could be had further west.
There were other reasons for moving west. Pioneer settlers depended on wild birds, fish
and wild animals for food, furs and skins for clothing and trading, and trees for building
materials. These things became scarce in old settled areas. Out west there were lots of
animals to hunt for food, and animal skins could be traded for supplies. It seemed that it
was easier to make a living on the frontier.
Of course, there were some problems regarding moving west. Various American Indian
tribes who might fight to defend their land occupied the land. Then the land needed to be
cleared of trees and stumps before it could be planted. A log cabin and other buildings
had to be built. A well had to be dug, or a spring of water found. Settlers might also suffer
because there were no doctors, or teachers, or stores available. These things, though,
often did follow closely behind the first settlers.
A series of Little House books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder tells the story of her
pioneer family. The Ingalls family moved many times while Laura was a little girl. She was
born in Wisconsin in 1867; her family moved next year to Missouri; then they moved to
Kansas in 1869; the Ingalls moved back to Wisconsin in 1871; they moved to Minnesota
in 1874; her family went to Iowa in 1876; then back to Minnesota in 1877. Finally, they
moved to De Smet, South Dakota in 1879, and there the family remained.
All these moves were typical for a pioneer family always on the lookout for better land
and other opportunities. But all these moves involved very hard work, all of which
seemed all lost when the family had to move again.
For example, when Laura's parents moved to the Kansas prairie in 1869, they had many
hardships. The family put all their belongings in a covered wagon, which measured four
feet by ten feet. Two horses pulled it, and the family dog followed along. Laura and her
sister Mary were very little girls.
The family and their wagon were nearly washed away trying to cross a small river. They
travelled through wild tall grass where there were no roads. Laura's father built a house
on the open prairie with logs he hauled from the creek bottoms. One of the nearby
settlers helped him. They also built a log stable for the horses. That was a good thing,
because the next night their little house was surrounded by a pack of fifty large wolves.
They formed a large circle around the house and howled all night.
One day while Laura's father was away, two Indians visited the house. They wanted
Laura's mother to feed them and stood silent while the food was cooking. The Indians
wore only fresh skunk skins as clothing. After the Indians had eaten all the food, they left.
The following spring, there was a large gathering of Indian tribes. Most of them wanted to
fight the settlers. For many nights, the sounds of Indian drums frightened the settlers.
One tribe opposed the plan, and finally the gathering broke up and the Indians went away.
Many other problems faced the Ingalls family. These included bad weather, prairie grass
fires, and malaria. The worst part was having to leave their new homes. The government
decided that Laura's family was living on Indian land and would have to move. So the
covered wagon was packed again, and the family travelled north. Such experiences were
not unusual for pioneers in the nineteenth century.

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