“October's bellowing anger breakes and cleavesThe bronzed battalions of the stricken woodIn whose lament I hear a voice that grievesFor battle's fruitless harvest, and the feudOf outrage men. Their lives are like the leavesScattered in flocks of ruin, tossed and blownAlong the westering furnace flaring red.O martyred youth and manhood overthrown,The burden of your wrongs is on my head.” MenVoiceYouthBattleRedBurdenRuinsHarvestManhoodOutrageOctoberFlocksLamentFurnacesMartyred Author:Siegfried Sassoon
“A solitary ascetic is a symbol of the most cowardly egotism; a hermit who flees from his brothers instead of helping them to carry the burden of life, to work for others, and to put their shoulders to the wheel of social life, is a coward who hides himself when the battle is on, and goes to sleep drunk on an opiate.” HelpingLife IsSocialSleepBrotherBattleBurdenShouldersDrunkSymbolsWheelsCowardSolitaryEgotismSocial LifeCowardlyHermitsOpiatesBurdens Of Life Author:H. P. Blavatsky
“The Bactrian have two humps; the Arabian one only. They are swift in battle and most useful to carry burdens. This animal is extremely observant of rule and measure, for it will not move if it has a greater weight than it is used to, and if it is taken too far it does the same, and suddenly stops and so the merchants are obliged to lodge there.” IfsDoeTwoMovingUsedAnimalTakenGreaterBattleWeightBurdenObligedMerchantsObservantLodgesArabian Book:The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“In the never-ending battle between order and chaos, clutter sides with chaos every time. Anything that you possess that does not add to your life or your happiness eventually becomes a burden.” DoeOrderSidesBattleAddChaosBurdenClutterNever EndingOrder And Chaos Book:The New Good Life: Living Better Than Ever in an Age of Less Source: The New Good Life: Living Better Than Ever in an Age of Less