CHAPTER 10 LOVING AND SERVING OTHERS
第十章 愛並且服務別人
Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.
Buddha (563-483 B.C.)
在任何時候,用恨都不會消除恨。用愛才能消除恨。這是不變的法則。
釋迦摩尼(西元前563-483)
“What makes the lamb love Mary so?” the eager children cried. “Why Mary loves the lamb, you know,” the teacher then replied.
Author Unknown
“是什麼讓小羊這麼愛瑪莉?‘’渴望的小孩叫著。
“為什麼瑪莉愛小羊,你們知道,‘’老師當時答道。
作者不詳
Love and you shall be loved. All love is mathematically just, as much as the two sides of an algebraic equation.
Ralph Waldo Emerson(1803-82)
愛就會被愛。所有的愛都是數學上的平衡,就像代數方程式兩邊相等。
拉夫 華爾多 愛默生(1803-82)
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
Washington Irving(1783-1859)
愛絕不會浪費。即使沒有回報,它也會流回來,使內心柔軟、純淨。
華盛頓 俄玟(1783-1859)
To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.
Robert Muller
原諒是最高、最美的愛的形式。作為回報,你將得到無法形容的平安、快樂。
羅伯 馬樂
Forgiving means to pardon the unpardonable and loving means to love the unlovable. Or it is no virtue at all.
G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
原諒,意思是饒恕不可饒恕的,愛,意思是愛不可愛的。否則,就不是什麼美德。
G.K.契斯特頓(1874-1936)
A person‘s ability to forgive is in proportion to the greatness of his soul.
Author Unknown
一個人原諒的能力和他的靈魂的高尚等比例。
作者不詳
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
弱者絕不會原諒。原諒是強者的屬性。
聖人 甘地(1869-1948)
He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.
Johann K. Lavater (1741-1801)
從不曾原諒過敵人的人,也絕不曾體會過生命中最高貴的樂趣。
約翰K.雷維特(1741-1801)
The quality of mercy… is twice blessed. It blessed him that gives and him that takes.
Shakespeare (1564-1616)
慈悲的特性---是雙重祝福。它祝福給予的人,也祝福得到的人。
莎士比亞(1564-1616)
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Dalai Lama
如果你要讓別人快樂,力行同情心。如果你要讓自己快樂,力行同情心。
達賴喇嘛
He who cannot forgive others destroys the bridge over which he himself must pass.
George Herbert (1593-1633)
不能原諒別人的人,毀掉了他自己必須通過的橋。
喬治 賀伯特(1593 -1633)
When a deep injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive.
Alan Paton
當一個很深的傷害發生在我們身上,直到我們原諒我們才會恢復。
艾倫 派頓
The person who pursues revenge should dig two graves.
Author Unknown
追求復仇的人必須挖兩個墳墓。
作者不詳
To hate another is to hate yourself.
Brian Adams
恨別人就是恨自己。
布來恩 亞當斯
Self-love is not only necessary and good, it is a prerequisite for loving others.
Rollo May
愛自己不僅是必需的、好的,它也是愛別人的先決條件。
拉羅 魅
What if I should discover that the poorest of the beggars and the most impudent of offenders are all within me, and that I stand in need of the alms of my own kindness; that I myself am the enemy who must be loved – what then?
Carl Jung (1875-1961)
萬一我發現最窮的乞丐、最無恥的罪犯都在我的內在,同時,我面臨著必須要自己慈悲的施捨,我自己又是必須被愛的敵人—要怎麼辦?
容格(1875-1961)
If you cannot love yourself you cannot love others.
Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations with God
如果你不能愛自己,就不能愛別人。
尼爾 當勞 華爾許,與上帝的對話
Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
和別人交戰的人不會和自己和睦。
威廉 哈茲理特(1778-1830)
Never, ever, engage in envy or hatred – it is a mental cancer that will only destroy oneself.
Anonymous
絕不可以,任何時候都不可以忌妒或仇恨—這是一個心癌,只會摧毀自己。
無名氏
Anger is often more harmful than the injury that caused it.
Author Unknown
憤怒通常比激起憤怒的損害造成更大的傷害。
作者不詳
Those who hate you don‘t win unless you hate them back; and then you destroy yourself.
Richard M. Nixon (1919-94)
恨你的人不會贏,除非你用恨回應;你這麼作的時候,也摧毀了自己。
理察M.尼克森(1919-94)
He who angers you, conquers you.
Elizabeth Kenny (1886-1952)
激怒你的人征服了你。
伊莉沙白 揩尼(1886-1952)
I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)
我絕不允許任何人藉著讓我恨他來貶低我的靈魂。
布坷T.華盛頓(1856-1915)
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
Og Mandino (1923-96)
今天開始,對待每一個你遇到的人,好像他們半夜就要死了。給他們所有你能匯集的愛、善意、和了解,同時不要想任何回報。你的生命絕不會再一樣。
阿格 曼滴諾(1923-96)
We should live in such a way that in our last hours we will not regret having loved too little.
Chiara Lubich
我們應該依照這種方式活著---在我們生命最後的時刻,我們將不會懊悔愛得太少。
契阿拉 魯比其
I wasn‘t there that morning when my father passed away…I didn’t get to tell him all the things I had to say. I just wish I could have told him in the living years.
Mike & The Mechanics, The Living Years
父親過世的那一個早晨我不在---我沒機會告訴他我必須說的話。我真希望在他活著的時候能告訴他。
麥克和力學,活著的歲月
Why is it that only upon death, and at the funeral, we fully rejoice in the glory of each person‘s life and capture the true spirit of love…? Let every day be doomsday!
G.W.F.
為何會這樣,只有在死亡,在葬禮上,我們才慶祝每個人生命中的光榮,才捕捉到愛的真正精神---?讓每天都是世界末日吧!
G.W.F.
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
G.K.Chesterton (1874-1936)
愛任何東西的方法是領悟到它可能會失去。
C.K.卻斯特頓(1874-1936)
If one were given five minutes warning before sudden death, five minutes to say what it had all meant to us, every telephone booth would be occupied by people trying to call up other people to stammer that they loved them.
Christopher Morley (1890-1957)
如果人在突然死亡之前能夠有五分鐘的預警時間,五分鐘來說出他想說的話,每個電話亭都會被人佔滿,撥電話給其他人,結結巴巴的說他是多麼愛他們。
克利斯多福 莫理(1890-1957)
Call now.
G.W.F.
現在就打電話。
G.W.F.
Life is short. Be swift to love! Make haste to be kind.
Henri F. Amiel (1821-81)
生命是短暫的。快點去愛。趕快變得友善。
亨利F.阿密爾(1821-81)
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82)
生命最美麗的補償之一是沒有人會誠懇的幫助別人而沒幫到自己。
拉夫 華爾多 愛默生(1803-82)
Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.
Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915)
深入他們的內心,有智慧的人知道這個真理:幫助自己的唯一方法是幫助別人。
愛爾伯 哈博得(1856-1915)
It is uncomfortable doctrine which the true ethics whisper into my ear: you are happy, they say; therefore you are called upon to give much.
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
它是不舒服的信念,真正的道德信念在我耳邊私語:你是快樂的,它們說,因此你有義務要多多給予。
愛爾伯 史懷哲(1875-1965)
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
你沒有權利消費財富而不生產財富,你更沒有權利消費快樂而不生產快樂。
蕭伯納(1856-1950)
You have not lived a perfect day, unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
Ruth Smeltzer
除非你為某個人做了某件事,而他絕不可能回報你,否則,你就不曾度過完美的一天。
魯斯 史梅爾哲
The test of thankfulness is not what you have to be thankful for, but whether anyone else has reason to be thankful that you are here.
Author Unknown
你必須要感激的不是感激的測試,是否有其他任何人因為你在這兒而有感激的理由才是。
作者不詳
Make it a rule…never, if possible, to lie down at night without being able to say, “I have made one human being at least a little wiser, a little happier or a little better this day.”
Charles Kingsley (1819-75)
如果可能的話,將它當成一個規律---絕不要在上床睡覺之前,沒有辦法說:我今天至少讓一個人聰明了一點、快樂了一點、好過了一點。
查理斯 金斯理(1819-75)
You will find, as you look back upon your life, that the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others.
Henry Drummond (1851-97)
當你回顧你的生命,你會發現,最突出的時刻是你有為別人做某些事的時刻。
亨利 度拉蒙得(1851-97)
In about the same degree as you are helpful, you will be happy.
Karl Reiland
差不多同樣的程度,你有多大的幫助性,你就會多快樂。
卡爾 雷藍得
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
靠著我們得到的,我們過生活,靠著我們給予的,我們過一生。
溫斯頓 邱吉爾 爵士(1874-1965)
He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it.
Pierre Charron (1541-1603)
人得到利益絕不該忘記,給予利益絕不該記得。
皮爾 卻仁(1541-1603)
This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
William Lyon Phelps (1865-1943)
紳士最終的測試是:他是否尊敬那些沒有可能幫他忙的人。
威廉 來恩 非爾斯(1865-1943)
Real love beings where nothing is expected in return.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-44)
真正的愛是不期待任何回報。
安東莞 底 聖 以格究埔里(1900-44)
Think of other people. Serve other people sincerely. No cheating…
Dalai Lama
考慮到別人。誠懇的服務別人。不欺騙---
達賴喇嘛
If we bestow a gift or favor and expect a return for it, it is not a gift but a trade.
Author Unknown
如果我們給出一份禮物或恩惠,並期待回報,它就不是禮物而是交易。
作者不詳
Act with kindness, but do not expect gratitude.
Confucius(551-479B.C.)
善行且不求感謝。
孔子(西元前551-479)
Donate anonymously – that is the ultimate and true spirit of charity.
Anonymous
不具名捐贈---那是慈善最終且最真實的精神。
無名氏
Three things in human life are important: The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind.
Henry James (1843-1916)
在人生中有三件重要的事:第一是友善。第二是友善。第三是友善。
亨利 詹姆士(1843-1916)
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Aesop ( c. 550 B.C.)
善行無論多小都不會浪費。
愛舍普(大約西元前550)
If you want happiness for an hour – take a nap.
If you want happiness for a day – go fishing.
If you want happiness for a month – get married.
If you want happiness for a year – inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime –help others.
Chinese proverb
如果你要一小時的快樂—小睡一下。
如果你要一天的快樂---去釣魚。
如果你要一個月的快樂---去結婚。
如果你要一年的快樂---繼承一份財產。
如果你要一生的快樂---幫助別人。
中國諺語
This giving – I hope it gets to be contagious because it feels so good…I‘ve never been happier than I am today.
Ted Turner (after donating $1 billion to worldwide charities)
這份禮物---感覺真好,我希望它能變成傳染性的---我從來沒有像今天這麼快樂。
泰得 特呢(在捐出十億美金給世界各慈善機構後)