To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild fllower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
从一粒沙子看到一个世界,
从一朵野花看到一个天堂,
把握在你手心里的就是无限,
永恒也就消融于一个时辰。
However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The faultfinder will find faults in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poorhouse. The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring. I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there, and have as cheering thoughts, as in a palace. The town's poor seem to me often to live the most independent lives of any. May be they are simply great enough to receive without misgiving. Most think that they are above being supported by the town; but it often happens that they are not above supporting themselves by dishonest means. Which should be more disreputable. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends, Turn the old, return to them. Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.
不论你的生活如何卑贱,你要面对它生活,不要躲避它,更别用恶言咒骂它。它不像你那样坏。你最富有的时候,倒是看似最穷。爱找缺点的人就是到天堂里也能找到缺点。你要爱你的生活,尽管它贫穷。甚至在一个济贫院里,你也还有愉快、高兴、光荣的时候。夕阳反射在济贫院的窗上,像身在富户人家窗上一样光亮;在那门前,积雪同在早春融化。我只看到,一个从容的人,在哪里也像在皇宫中一样,生活得心满意足而富有愉快的思想。城镇中的穷人,我看,倒往往是过着最独立不羁的生活。也许因为他们很大,所以受之无愧。大多数人以为他们是超然的,不靠城镇来支援他们;可是事实上他们是往往利用了不正当的手段来对付生活,他们是毫不超脱的,毋宁是不体面的。视贫穷如园中之花而像圣人一样耕植它吧!不要找新的花样,无论是新的朋友或新的衣服,来麻烦你自己。找旧的,回到那里去。万物不变,是我们在变。你的衣服可以卖掉,但要保留你的思想。
The pure. the bright, the beautiful, 一切纯洁的,辉煌的,美丽的,
That stirred our hearts in youth, 强烈地震撼着我们年轻的心灵的,
The impulses to wordless prayer, 推动着我们做无言的祷告的,
The dreams of love and truth; 让我们梦想着爱与真理的;
The longing after something's lost, 在失去后为之感到珍惜的,
The spirit's yearning cry, 使灵魂深切地呼喊着的,
The striving after better hopes- 为了更美好的梦想而奋斗着的-
These things can never die. 这些美好不会消逝。
The timid hand stretched forth to aid 羞怯地伸出援助的手,
A brother in his need, 在你的弟兄需要的时候,
A kindly word in grief's dark hour 伤恸、困难的时候,一句亲切的话
That proves a friend indeed ; 就足以证明朋友的真心;
The plea for mercy softly breathed, 轻声地乞求怜悯,
When justice threatens nigh, 在审判临近的时候,
The sorrow of a contrite heart- 懊悔的心有一种伤感--
These things shall never die. 这些美好不会消逝。
Let nothing pass for every hand 在人间传递温情
Must find some work to do ; 尽你所能地去做;
Lose not a chance to waken love- 别错失去了唤醒爱的良机-----
Be firm, and just ,and true; 为人要坚定,正直,忠诚;
So shall a light that cannot fade 因此上方照耀着你的那道光芒
Beam on thee from on high. 就不会消失。
And angel voices say to thee---你将听到天使的声音在说-----
These things shall never die. 这些美好不会消逝。
Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;
今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇以及更宽阔的公路,但是我们的性情却更为急躁,眼光也更加狭隘;
We spend more, but enjoy less;
我们消耗的更多,享受到的却更少;
We have bigger houses, but smaller families;
我们的住房更大了,但我们的家庭却更小了;
We have more compromises, but less time;
我们妥协更多,时间更少;
We have more knowledge, but less judgment;
我们拥有了更多的知识,可判断力却更差了;
We have more medicines, but less health;
我们有了更多的药品,但健康状况却更不如意;
We have multiplied out possessions, but reduced out values;
我们拥有的财富倍增,但其价值却减少了;
We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much;
我们说的多了,爱的却少了,我们的仇恨也更多了;
We reached the Moon and came back, but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;
我们可以往返月球,但却难以迈出一步去亲近我们的左邻右舍;
We have conquered the uter space, but not our inner space;
我们可以征服外太空,却征服不了我们的内心;
We have higher income, but less morals;
我们的收入增加了,但我们的道德却少了;
These are times with more liberty, but less joy;
我们的时代更加自由了,但我们拥有的快乐时光却越来越少;
We have much more food, but less nutrition;
我们有了更多的食物,但所能得到的营养却越来越少了;
These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home, but divorces increase;
现在每个家庭都可以有双份收入,但离婚的现象越来越多了;
These are times of finer houses, but more broken homes;
现在的住房越来越精致,但我们也有了更多破碎的家庭;
That's why I propose, that as of today;
这就是我为什么要说,让我们从今天开始;
You do not keep anything for a special occasion because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION.
不要将你的东西为了某一个特别的时刻而预留着,因为你生活的每一天都是那么特别;
Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;
寻找更我的知识,多读一些书,坐在你家的前廊里,以赞美的眼光去享受眼前的风景,不要带上任何功利的想法;
Spend more time with your family and friends, eat your favorite foods, visit the places you love;
花多点时间和朋友与家人在一起,吃你爱吃的食物,去你想去的地方;
Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; not only about survival;
生活是一串串的快乐时光;我们不仅仅是为了生存而生存;
Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your best perfume, and use it every time you feel you want it.
举起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝啬洒上你最好的香水,你想用的时候就享用吧!
Remove from your vocabulary phrases like” one of these days” or "someday";
从你的词汇库中移去所谓的“有那么一天”或者“某一天”;
Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"!
曾打算“有那么一天”去写的信,就在今天吧!
Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them;
告诉家人和朋友,我们是多么地爱他们;
Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life;
不要延迟任何可以给你的生活带来欢笑与快乐的事情;
Every day, every hour, and every minute is special;
每一天、每一小时、每一分钟都是那么特别;
And you don't know if it will be your last.
你无从知道这是否最后刻。
Rising China sees more top thinkers
2010年度思想者出炉 周小川韩寒上榜
When historians look back to the moment when the post-Cold War reign of American power ended, they may well settle on 2010 as a crucial year.
当回顾冷战后美国霸主地位终结的这一刻,历史学家们也许会把2010看作一个非常重要的年份。
Everywhere, it seemed, there were signs that the long-predicted "rise of the rest" had finally occurred, whether in the newfound assertiveness of fast-growing China or the impatient diplomacy of new powers like Brazil and Turkey.
无论是快速发展的中国最新获得的那份自信,还是像巴西和土耳其这样积极推进本国外交关系的新兴势力。似乎处处都有迹象表明:预言已久的“他国崛起”最终实现了。
Foreign Policy`s second annual list of the Top 100 Global Thinkers fully reflects that new world.
美国杂志《外交政策》交出的第二份“全球100强思想家排行榜”,充分反映出这个新世界格局。
As China asserts a growing influence on the international forum, more Chinese candidates find their names on the list, including Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of China`s central bank.
随着中国在国际平台上的影响力与日俱增,排行榜上出现了更多中国面孔,中国人民银行行长周小川就是其中之一。
Zhou was listed `for holding the world`s economic fate in his hands.` Proposing a new international reserve currency to replace the U.S. dollar and resisting pressure on China to appreciate its Yuan, Zhou is a living embodiment of China`s growing clout in the global economy.
周小川之所以上榜,是因为他“手握世界经济的命运”。由于提出了用新国际储备货币取代美元来减轻人民币升值压力的建议,周小川成为中国影响力在全球经济中日益增长的真实写照。
Apart from Zhou, who moved up the list from the previous No. 9 to No. 4, Editor Hu Shuli (No. 82) with Century Weekly and the most-read blogger Han Han (No. 86) were also listed.
周小川从前一份榜单的第九位上升到第四位。此外,《世纪周刊》的主编胡舒立(排在第82位)以及博客人气王韩寒均榜上有名(排在第86位)。
In the list, we can see some big shots, including world-renowned investor Warren Buffet and Microsoft founder Bill Gates both topped the list for "stepping up as the world`s states falter."
在榜单中,我们还可以见到一些大人物,包括世界著名的投资家沃伦•巴菲特,微软创始人比尔•盖茨。凭着“在世界动荡之时挺身而出的精神”,他们并列排在第一位。
Beginning with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates (1), who teamed up to prove that even in tough times great new ideas can emerge, to the forecasting economist Nouriel Roubini (12), to American president Barack Obama (3) and Angela Merkel (10), The "Iron Lady" of Germany, FP presents more than just their big ideas.
从联手证明即便是艰难时代,也能孕育新锐思想的沃伦•巴菲特和比尔•盖茨,到成功预言金融危机的经济学家鲁里埃尔•鲁比尼、再到美国总统奥巴马和德国“铁娘子”安格拉•默克尔,《外交政策》为人们呈现出这些伟大思想的更多内涵。
Growth That Starts From Thinking
It seems to me a very difficult thing to put into words the beliefs we hold and what they make you do in your life. I don’t think it was spoken of a great deal. It was more or less taken for granted that everybody held certain beliefs and needed certain reinforcements of their own strength and that that came through your belief in God and your knowledge of prayer.
And that gave me a feeling that perhaps that’s what we all must do—think out for ourselves what we could believe and how we could live by it. And so I came to the conclusion that you had to use this life to develop the very best that you could develop.
I don’t know whether I believe in a future life. I believe that all that you go through here must have some value, therefore there must be some reason. And there must be some “going on.” How exactly that happens I’ve never been able to decide. There is a future—that I’m sure of. But how, that I don’t know. And I came to feel that it didn’t really matter very much because whatever the future held you’d have to face it when you came to it, just as whatever life holds you have to face it exactly the same way. And the important thing was that you never let down doing the best that you were able to do—it might be poor because you might not have very much within you to give, or to help other people with, or to live your life with. But as long as you did the very best that you were able to do, then that was what you were put here to do and that was what you were accomplishing by being here.
And so I have tried to follow that out—and not to worry about the future or what was going to happen. I think I am pretty much of a fatalist. You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.
在思考中成长
我的信念是什么,它在我的人生中起到了什么作用------这些问题我觉得很难用言语解释清楚。家里人对宗教谈论得并不多。每个人心中或多或少都有某些信仰,都希望通过某种方式获得力量,而这力量就来自信奉上帝并懂得如何祈祷。
有些人的话的话使我感到或许我们每个人都应该这样做------独立思考自己应该信仰什么以及如何在生活中坚守自己的的信仰。我认为人一生就应该尽全力做最好的自己------我想这就是我的信仰。
我不知道自己是否相信未来。我相信的是我们现在经历的一切一定有价值,因此必有某些道理,也必然预示着有些事情“将要发生”。但这些事情如何发生,我却不能决定。一定有未来------对此我深信不疑。但它会怎样降临。我不知道,然而着一点,我渐渐感到并不重要。因为无论未来如何,我们到时候总得面对,正如无论生活中发生了什么,我们都必须面对一样。真正重要的是要倾尽自己的全力。也许你能力有限、贡献不多,无法给予他人更多的帮助,或者无法活得那么精彩,但只要你能倾尽自己的全力,你就能完成来到人世间的使命,能体现人生的价值。
这就是我一直奉行的生活原则------不担心未来的事,也不为下一刻发生的事操心。我想我算是一个相信宿命的人吧。无论发生什么,我们都得勇敢面对,关键是面对的时候我们要勇敢,要倾尽自己的全力。