YouTube home Comedy Week on YouTube
Upload

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Tweeklet Tweeklet·17 videos
656
2,505,540
Like     Dislike 185

Sign in to YouTube

Sign in with your Google Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to like Tweeklet's video.

Sign in to YouTube

Sign in with your Google Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to dislike Tweeklet's video.

Sign in to YouTube

Sign in with your Google Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to add Tweeklet's video to your playlist.

Uploaded on Aug 8, 2007

Desiderata - Max Ehrmann
Another inspirational poem set to music ;) if you like this check out my other vids, feel free to comment.

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

  • Category

  • License

    Standard YouTube License

Loading icon Loading...

Loading icon Loading...

Loading icon Loading...

Loading icon Loading...

Ratings have been disabled for this video.
Rating is available when the video has been rented.
This feature is not available right now. Please try again later.

Top Comments

  • Brian Combs

    I will never forget the sacrifice that Stains the dog made for our cupcakes in the war.

    · 7

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Brian Combs's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Brian Combs's comment.
  • nh6music

    I love this...

    · 4

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate nh6music's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate nh6music's comment.

Video Responses


All Comments (4,317)

Sign in now to post a comment!
  • Traductions Langues

    Hi there!

    We simply adore your video which amazingly underlines Desiderata. We have already watched it many times and feel each time very inspired by it. Being professional translaters, we now have the idea to spread this text on internet in the following languages: French, German, Spanish, Italian and Russian. Would you be so kind as to help us with the technical side of it? In advance many thanks, Traductions Langues

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Traductions Langues's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Traductions Langues's comment.
  • AAGamingTV

    Liek dis if you crie Evar tiem

    D:

    

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate AAGamingTV's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate AAGamingTV's comment.
    in playlist Lotr
  • nh6central

    Yes I'm pretty sure nh6milhistory wasn't being serious ;

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate nh6central's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate nh6central's comment.
    in reply to John Scally (Show the comment)
  • Brigitte SIMON

    Hi Tweeklet, It's every day, a pleasure to learn your words, with this sensational music. Thank's so much from France ;-)

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Brigitte SIMON's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Brigitte SIMON's comment.
  • jazzflutist

    Deeply moving. My cat is now going to slit his wrists. (joke) Many thanks for the great post! ☺

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate jazzflutist's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate jazzflutist's comment.
  • John Scally

    Wow.

    Still talking about WWII like it was yesterday.

    Somehow, I doubt the so called "Fritz" was involved in WWII, so saying he really lost anything it pointless.

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate John Scally's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate John Scally's comment.
    in reply to nh6milhistory (Show the comment)
  • Dave Sherratt

    Your video compliments the music. Well done you. Great job. This music has to be one of my all time easy listeners, along with concerto for the flute and harp, but only with James Galway..

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Dave Sherratt's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Dave Sherratt's comment.
  • nh6milhistory

    Well you did lose the war Fritz.

    That's bound to make you feel like a hopeless loser.

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate nh6milhistory's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate nh6milhistory's comment.
    in reply to Wehrmacht900 (Show the comment)
  • Dreampassage

    I concur... I heard this music a couple of months ago on another Youtube video and tracked it back to the source. Merging it with Max Erhmann's words is brilliant, and the landscape photography lends it spaciousness and timelessness. I love hearing the music playing again and again in my waking and dreaming mind.

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Dreampassage's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Dreampassage's comment.
    in reply to Nebelwerfermodel42 (Show the comment)
  • adanibrahim111

    Will I love to music art super Anime Japan so cute anymore long way so thanks much of Hero legend sky high many way very strong work all Times.

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate adanibrahim111's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate adanibrahim111's comment.
  • Loading comment...
Loading...
Advertisement
Loading...
Working...
Sign in to add this to Watch Later