All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in a strange, sometimes inexplicable ways. This madness can be saving; it is part and parcel of the ability to adapt.
I had to stop hoping so much that a ship would rescue me. I should not count on outside help. Survival had to start with me. In my experience, a castaway's worst mistake is to hope too much and do too little. Survival starts by paying attention to what is close at hand and immediate. To look out with idle hope is tantamount to dreaming one's life away.
作者在这一段论述了“恐惧感”。 I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unerring ease. It begins in your mind, always. One moment you are feeling calm, self-possessed, happy. ...
My face set to a grim and determined expression. I speak in all modesty as I say this, but I discovered at that moment that I have a fierce will to live. It's not something evident, in my experience. Some of us give up on life with only a resigned sigh. Others fight a little, then lose hope. Still others--and I am one of those--never give up. We fight and fight and fight. We fight no matter the...
It's a question of brain over brawn. The nature of the circus trainer's ascendancy is psychological. Foreign surroundings, the trainer's erect posture, calm demeanour, steady gaze, fearless step forward, strange roar (for example, the snapping of a whip or the blowing of a whistle)-- these are so many factors that will fill the animal's mind with doubt and fear, and make clear to it where it st...
"In zoos,as in nature,the best times to visit are sunrise and sunset.that is when most animals come to life .they stir and leave their shelter and tiptoe to the water's edge.they show their raiments.they sing their songs. they turn to each other and perform their rites.the reward for the watching eye and the listening ear is great.i spent more hours than i can count a quiet witness to the highl...
Tree took account of the road, which was aware of air, which was mindful of sea, which shared things with sun. I knelt a mortal; I rose an immortal. I felt I saw her, a vision beyond vision.
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