5 Quotes & Sayings By Robert Trabold

Robert Trabold was born in New Zealand. He served with the New Zealand Army during WWII and was captured by the Germans. He spent five years in the Buchenwald concentration camp where he met his wife, Gisela, who also survived the war. He was freed from Buchenwald in 1944 and emigrated to the US in 1948 Read more

Trabold became a well-known speaker after he emigrated as a result of a seminar he conducted for factory workers. In 1960, he formed the Robert Trabold Foundation as a non-profit educational agency that promotes leadership and personal development through seminars and community service.

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Garden’s hush opens upan abyss at my center, still point. Someone touches me, mystery, otherness. No words are spoken, silencethe language of God.Silence, calm, hushed garden usher me into a presence, presence of my beloved. Let me rest in this quiet visit, gift that puts a beautifulend to a hectic day. Someone is with me–that is all that matters! - Evening Hush Robert Trabold
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Is this what I am doing now? Watching the currents, passagesof life around me. I am not looking for books to explainmore with their words, butlistening to poets with their imagery, symbols, listening to my own feelings as Icontinue my pilgrimage in this life, pausing, watching, catching glimpsesof deeper down things.- Deeper Down Things Robert Trabold
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We are all in the same boat, boat of life. Does not seemto be a rudder with oarsman. Perhaps my words may find a path, path through currents and wateras we continue our journey onriver of life. -River of Life Robert Trabold
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Feet got sore, body was tired, long day, march down Manhattan.I felt a fire lit within me. Hopefully this fire will touchall of us, will be a long fight.- Climate Change March 2014 Robert Trabold