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COURAGE
By facing Iife's struggles with courage, we constantly extend our capabilities. Without courage, nothing else can be done!
TRUTH
Blind faith has no place in Asatru. No pie-in-the-sky; we must act in this world as we see it and as it really is rather
than calmly wait for the next
HONOR
We must be true to what we are, and we insist on acting with nobility rather than baseness. Our standards must be banners
held high in our hearts.
FIDELITY
We stand true to our faith and our values. Loyalty is the basis for all enduring human activity, and we hold it in the
highest esteem.
HOSPITALITY
The isolation and loneliness of modern life is not necessary. The willingness to share what one has with ones' fellows,
especially travelers, is a vital part of our way of life.
DISCIPLINE
We hold to the discipline necessary to fulfill our purpose. We stand willing to exercise the self-control and steadfastness
necessary in these difficult times.
INDUSTRIOUSNESS
Let us dare to be all that we can be! Let us take risks and taste the richness of life. Passivity is for sheep. We refuse
to be mere spectators in life.
SELF-RELIANCE
We depend on our own strength and character to achieve our goals. We seek only the freedom necessary to our quest, whatever
it may be.
PERSEVERANCE
We hold to our path until its completion and are not ashamed to be strong. The cult of the anti-hero will find no support
in us, and the gods we follow are not for the weak.
Cattle die, kinsmen die,
one day you yourself must die.
I know one thing that never dies:
the dead man's reputation.
To further elaborate:
Strength is better than weakness
Courage is better than cowardice
Joy of is better than sadness or guilt
Honor is better than dishonor
Freedom is better than slavery
Kinship is better than alienation
Realism is better than dogmatism
Vigor is better than inaction or paralysis
Ancestry is better than universalism
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