4/30/2017

We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.

We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.
– Aristotle Onassis, Shipping Magnate

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.– Norman Vincent Peale, Minister

如果你沒有犯錯,那代表你手上的問題不夠困難,而那正是一個錯誤。If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems. And that’s a mistake.

如果你沒有犯錯,那代表你手上的問題不夠困難,而那正是一個錯誤。
If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems. And that’s a mistake.
– Frank Wilczek, Physicist

同情一個朋友的苦難是任何人都能做到的,但同情一個朋友的成功則需要具有十分出色的素質。Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.

同情一個朋友的苦難是任何人都能做到的,但同情一個朋友的成功則需要具有十分出色的素質。
Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.

The very essence of romance is uncertainty.

I love acting. It is so much more real than life.

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

When I was young I used to think that money was the most important thing in life. Now that I am old, I know it is.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.

The difference between journalism and literature is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Tell the cook of this restaurant with my compliments that these are the very worst sandwiches in the whole world, and that when I ask for a watercress sandwich I do not mean a loaf with a field in the middle of it.

It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment.

It is only the intellectually lost who ever argue.

世界上只有兩種悲劇,一種是一個人沒有得到他想要的,另一種是他得到了。In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

世界上只有兩種悲劇,一種是一個人沒有得到他想要的,另一種是他得到了。
In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. (Oscar Wilde,1854-1900)

無知就像是一朵精緻的花朵:摸一下,它就消失了。Ignorance is like a delicate flower: touch it and the bloom is gone.

無知就像是一朵精緻的花朵:摸一下,它就消失了。Ignorance is like a delicate flower: touch it and the bloom is gone.

不夠真誠是危險的,太真誠則絕對是致命的。A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

不夠真誠是危險的,太真誠則絕對是致命的。
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

夢想家只能在月光下找到自己的路,他的懲罰是第一個看見黎明。A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

夢想家只能在月光下找到自己的路,他的懲罰是第一個看見黎明。
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

憤世嫉俗者是一個知道所有東西的價格、卻不知道它們的價值的人。A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

憤世嫉俗者是一個知道所有東西的價格、卻不知道它們的價值的人。A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.

最終,重要的不是你人生裡有多少歲數,而是你的歲數裡有多少人生。In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.

最終,重要的不是你人生裡有多少歲數,而是你的歲數裡有多少人生。
In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.
– Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States

把愛放在心裡,沒有愛的人生,如同花園沒有陽光時花朵都死去。Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.

把愛放在心裡,沒有愛的人生,如同花園沒有陽光時花朵都死去。
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.
– Oscar Wilde, Writer

真友誼最美的一個特質是了解和被了解。One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

真友誼最美的一個特質是了解和被了解。One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.”
– Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Philosopher

When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.

When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.
– Viktor Frankl, Psychiatrist

你的思考可能被混淆,但你的感覺絕不會欺騙你。Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.

你的思考可能被混淆,但你的感覺絕不會欺騙你。
Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.
– Roger Ebert, Film Critic

There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them.

There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them.
– Clare Boothe Luce, Writer

當你找到內心的平靜,你便成為能和別人和平共處的人。When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.

當你找到內心的平靜,你便成為能和別人和平共處的人。
When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.
– Peace Pilgrim, Pacifist

Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader, and fuller life. – W.E.B. Du Bois, Civil Rights Activist

常常當你覺得你走到盡頭時,你其實是在另一旅程的起點。Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.

一個人五十歲看事物的觀點若和二十歲時相同,他等於是浪費三十年的人生。The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

一個人五十歲看事物的觀點若和二十歲時相同,他等於是浪費三十年的人生。
The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
– Muhammad Ali, Boxer

若我在人生裡學到任何事,那就是大部份你所擔心的事從未發生。If life has taught me anything, it’s that most of the things you’ve worried about have never happened.

若我在人生裡學到任何事,那就是大部份你所擔心的事從未發生。
If life has taught me anything, it’s that most of the things you’ve worried about have never happened.
– Ruth Rendell, Novelist

別藉由渴望你沒有的,來糟蹋你所擁有的;要記住你現在擁有的,也曾只是你希望得到的。Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

別藉由渴望你沒有的,來糟蹋你所擁有的;要記住你現在擁有的,也曾只是你希望得到的。
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
 – Epictetus, Philosopher

讓我們過一種生活,死時連殯儀員都會感到惋惜。Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

讓我們過一種生活,死時連殯儀員都會感到惋惜。
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
– Mark Twain, Writer

阻擋多數人的是起步。The start is what stops most people.

阻擋多數人的是起步。
The start is what stops most people.
– Don Shula, Football coach

People who can put themselves in the place of other people – who can understand the workings of their minds, need never worry about what the future has in store for them.

People who can put themselves in the place of other people – who can understand the workings of their minds, need never worry about what the future has in store for them.
– Owen D. Young, Industrialist

A problem well stated is a problem half solved.

A problem well stated is a problem half solved.
 – Charles Kettering, Inventor

Strong convictions precede great actions.

Strong convictions precede great actions.
– James Freeman Clarke, Preacher

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

The sun can make you take off your coat more quickly than the wind; and kindliness, the friendly approach and appreciation can make people change their minds more readily than all the bluster and storming in the world.

The only true disability is a crushed spirit.

The only true disability is a crushed spirit.
– Aimee Mullins, Fashion Model

The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions.

The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions.
– George Henry Lewes, Philosopher

風浪總是站在最好的航海員那邊。The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

風浪總是站在最好的航海員那邊。
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
– Edward Gibbon, Historian

我們的首要之務,不是遙望模糊的遠方,而是處理眼前的事務。Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

我們的首要之務,不是遙望模糊的遠方,而是處理眼前的事務。
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
– Thomas Carlyle, Writer

如果你沒有願景,那你的未來恐只會重覆過去。If you don’t have a vision for the future, then your future is threatened to be a repeat of the past.

如果你沒有願景,那你的未來恐只會重覆過去。
If you don’t have a vision for the future, then your future is threatened to be a repeat of the past.
– Alphonso R. Bernard, Pastor

你無法選擇你要怎麼離開人世,或何時,你只能決定你要怎麼活。You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die, or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live.

你無法選擇你要怎麼離開人世,或何時,你只能決定你要怎麼活。
You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die, or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live.
– Joan Baez, Singer

Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
– Thomas Jefferson, The Third U.S. President

Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
– Albert Pike, Military Officer

A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.

A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.
– Alexis Carrel, Surgeon

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.
– Robert E. Lee, General

Without purpose, the days would have ended, as such days always end, in disintegration.

Without purpose, the days would have ended, as such days always end, in disintegration.
–  Explorer

Half the worry in the world is caused by people trying to make decisions before they have sufficient knowledge on which to base a decision.

Half the worry in the world is caused by people trying to make decisions before they have sufficient knowledge on which to base a decision.
– Herbert Hawkes, Dean of Columbia University

If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.

If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.
– Rabindranath Tagore, Philosopher

By constant self-discipline and self-control, you can develop greatness of character.

By constant self-discipline and self-control, you can develop greatness of character.
– Grenville Kleiser, Inspirational Book Writer

Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal.

Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal.
– Sarah Bernhardt, Actress

Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are.

Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are.
– Robert Collier, Author

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.
– Alfred Adler, Psychologist

相信自己和你的全部,你的內在有一個比任何障礙都還要強大的東西。Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.

相信自己和你的全部,你的內在有一個比任何障礙都還要強大的東西。
Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.
– Christian D. Larson, Author

對他人想法及所做的事感興趣,通常是比讚賞更強而有力的鼓勵。Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise.

對他人想法及所做的事感興趣,通常是比讚賞更強而有力的鼓勵。
Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise.
– Robert Martin, Author

挑戰讓生活有意思,然而,是克服它們讓生活有意義。Challenges make life interesting, however, overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

挑戰讓生活有意思,然而,是克服它們讓生活有意義。
Challenges make life interesting, however, overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
– Mark Twain, Writer

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
 – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poet

人不是理性的動物,只有透過激情,才能變得非常好或卓越。Man is not a rational animal. He is only truly good or great when he acts from passion. – Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister

人不是理性的動物,只有透過激情,才能變得非常好或卓越。
Man is not a rational animal. He is only truly good or great when he acts from passion.
– Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
– Desmond Tutu, Social Rights Activist

想限制一個人的成就,莫過於自我設限的思考;想拓展可能,莫過於不加羈絆的想像。Nothing limits achievement like small thinking; nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.

想限制一個人的成就,莫過於自我設限的思考;想拓展可能,莫過於不加羈絆的想像。
Nothing limits achievement like small thinking; nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.
– William Arthur Ward, Scholar

痛苦的降臨,是要讓我們清醒不是難過,讓我們更有智慧而不是懊悔。Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.

痛苦的降臨,是要讓我們清醒不是難過,讓我們更有智慧而不是懊悔。
Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
– H.G. Wells, Science Fiction Writer

果敢行動只是片刻失足,不敢行動則是失去自我。To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

果敢行動只是片刻失足,不敢行動則是失去自我。
To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.
– Soren Kierkegaard, Philosopher

試圖做善事,你將發現快樂追著你跑。Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.

試圖做善事,你將發現快樂追著你跑。
Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.
– James Freeman Clarke, Preacher

最美好的事往往也是最困難的。The best things are the most difficult.

最美好的事往往也是最困難的。
The best things are the most difficult.
– Plutarch, Greek Historian

The shortest distance between two people is a smile.

人生若不含有勇氣的成份,它就不是人生。Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.

人生若不含有勇氣的成份,它就不是人生。
Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.
– E.M. Forster, Novelist

A Room with a View

發現你真正想要的,這可以讓你停止追風捕蝶,並開始挖掘真正有價值的東西。Realize what you really want. It stops you from chasing butterflies and puts you to work digging gold.

發現你真正想要的,這可以讓你停止追風捕蝶,並開始挖掘真正有價值的東西。
Realize what you really want. It stops you from chasing butterflies and puts you to work digging gold.
– William Moulton Marston, Psychologist

我們不能讓時鐘或月曆,掩飾每一刻都是奇蹟且很神祕這個事實。We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment is a miracle and a mystery.

我們不能讓時鐘或月曆,掩飾每一刻都是奇蹟且很神祕這個事實。
We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment is a miracle and a mystery.
– H.G. Wells, Science Fiction Writer

改正他人的錯誤不如改正自己的錯誤。It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.

改正他人的錯誤不如改正自己的錯誤。
It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
– Democritus, Philosopher

這些年來我發現,一些領導特質是共通的,通常是找出方法,鼓勵人們結合他們的努力、天份、見解、熱忱及激動一起共事。Over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

這些年來我發現,一些領導特質是共通的,通常是找出方法,鼓勵人們結合他們的努力、天份、見解、熱忱及激動一起共事。Over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
– Queen Elizabeth II

行動是所有成功的基本關鍵。Action is the foundational key to all success.

行動是所有成功的基本關鍵。
Action is the foundational key to all success.
– Pablo Picasso, Artist

任何有尊嚴的人都能捍衛自己的信念,但層次更高一點的人,才能毫無保留的立即承認錯誤。Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

任何有尊嚴的人都能捍衛自己的信念,但層次更高一點的人,才能毫無保留的立即承認錯誤。
Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.
– Andrew Jackson, the 7th President of the United States

不要祈求安逸的人生,祈求擁有撐過艱難的力量。

我們的任務是為生命加值,不是從生命拿取東西。We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.

我們的任務是為生命加值,不是從生命拿取東西。
We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.
– William Osler, Physician

最大的罪惡是把生存放在榮譽之上,為了生存而放棄讓我們值得生存的價值。Count it the greatest sin to prefer life to honor, and for the sake of living to lose what makes life worth having.

最大的罪惡是把生存放在榮譽之上,為了生存而放棄讓我們值得生存的價值。
Count it the greatest sin to prefer life to honor, and for the sake of living to lose what makes life worth having.
– Juvenal, Poet

不管過去有多麼困難,你都可以重新開始。No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again.

不管過去有多麼困難,你都可以重新開始。
No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again.
- Jack Kornfield, Writer

我站上桌子來提醒自己,我們要常常用不同的角度看事情。I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.

我站上桌子來提醒自己,我們要常常用不同的角度看事情。
I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.
– Tom Schulman, Screenwriter

溝通就像跳舞。一人往前一步,另一人就後退一步。只要踏錯一步,兩人就會陷入混亂,一起跌倒。Communication is like a dance. One person takes a step forward, the other takes one back. Even one misstep can land both on the floor in a tangle of confusion.

溝通就像跳舞。一人往前一步,另一人就後退一步。只要踏錯一步,兩人就會陷入混亂,一起跌倒。Communication is like a dance. One person takes a step forward, the other takes one back. Even one misstep can land both on the floor in a tangle of confusion.

4/25/2017

沒有人能回到過去重新開始,但任何人都能從今天開始,創造新的結局。Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.

沒有人能回到過去重新開始,但任何人都能從今天開始,創造新的結局。Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
英國作家羅賓森 Maria Robinson

4/23/2017

箴12:25人心憂慮、屈而不伸.一句良言、使心歡樂。

箴21:3行仁義公平、比獻祭更蒙耶和華悅納。

林前10:13 你們所遇見的試探、無非是人所能受的、 神是信實的、必不叫你們受試探過於所能受的.在受試探的時候、總要給你們開一條出路、叫你們能忍受得住。

林後1:4 我們在一切患難中、他就安慰我們、叫我們能用 神所賜的安慰、去安慰那遭各樣患難的人。

林前16:14凡你們所做的、都要憑愛心而作。

林後3:5並不是我們憑自己能承擔甚麼事、我們所能承擔的、乃是出於 神

悠閒的人是凝視上帝的窗口。凝視上帝窗口的人不無聊,他很幸福。

最沉重的負擔同時也是最激越的生命實現的形象。 負擔越沉重,我們的生命就越貼近地面,生命就越寫實也越真實。

在被遺忘之前, 我們都將被化作媚俗。 媚俗,是存在與遺忘之間的轉運站。

我唯一懼怕的是使人倦怠的事物

在這個世界上誰都不能孤伶伶一個人活著。 大家都在某個地方有一點聯繫。

懦怯囚禁人的靈魂,希望可以令你感受自由 強者自救,聖者渡人

事情往往是這樣- 生命喜歡在嚴肅和激動的當兒添加滑稽的成分。

青春止於為自己而活,年老始於為他人而活。 當人為了別人而活時,是會比為自己而活還要感到滿足的。

我想體會痛苦與快樂是來自同一個源頭,是同一種力與樂的悸動與節奏。

不論成功或失敗, 生活品質的好壞並不影響生命的真相。 有品味的生活必定和喜悅的能力成正比, 喜悅的能力則來自全神貫注。

創造力是信仰的行為, 我們必須相信信仰, 樂於分享以幫助他人, 同時也接受幫助作為回饋。

我認為人類比你說的還堅韌。 我們的信仰往往在應該最脆弱時卻最堅定。 這就是希望的本質。

勇敢的人對於怯懦者是一種鼓勵 而且,會使怯懦者採取行動

一個人走在快樂或者悲傷的路上 也要多年以後才知道什麼是該忘的 什麼又是不該忘的快樂與悲傷

明暗是人生場景, 悲歡在一瞬之間。

那些勸人少管閒事的人? 照我說,他們不算是活著。

生命裡有些事情是無法掌握的, 你可以把它當作值得慶祝的事,當作悲劇也可以。

幸福常會從另外一扇你不知道自己已開啟的門偷偷溜進來。 Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.

幸福常會從另外一扇你不知道自己已開啟的門偷偷溜進來。 Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.
美國演員 巴里摩 John Barrymore

4/22/2017

你無法選擇如何或何時離開人世,只能決定你要如何活。 You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die, or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live.

你無法選擇如何或何時離開人世,只能決定你要如何活。 You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die, or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live.
美國鄉村歌手瓊拜雅 Joan Baez

4/16/2017

風浪總是站在最好的領航員那邊。 The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

風浪總是站在最好的領航員那邊。 The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
英國歷史學家 吉朋 Edward Gibbon

每人都有害怕的時候,但只有勇者會克服恐懼繼續向前。 All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward.

每人都有害怕的時候,但只有勇者會克服恐懼繼續向前。 All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward.
古希臘 國王侍衛隊訓言

4/10/2017

人只有在付出過心血、很努力地面對過某些事情,並對這一段人生歷程留下記憶,才會覺得自己活著是值得的。

人只有在付出過心血、很努力地面對過某些事情,並對這一段人生歷程留下記憶,才會覺得自己活著是值得的。
台灣荒野保護協會創辦人 李偉文

4/09/2017

能以最便宜代價獲得快樂的人最富有。 That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

能以最便宜代價獲得快樂的人最富有。 That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
美國哲學家梭羅 Henry David Thoreau