CHAPTER 4 THE ART OF POSITIVE THINKING
第四章 正向思考的藝術

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude of mind.
William James (1842-1910)
我這一代最大的發現是，人類可以藉著改變頭腦的態度來改變生命。
威廉 詹姆士(1842-1910)

Act as if you were already happy and that will tend to make you happy.
Dale Carnegie (1888-1955)
好像你已經很快樂一樣的行動，這有助於你達到快樂。
戴爾 卡內基(1888-1955)

Our self image and our habits tend to go together. Change one and you will automatically change the other.
Dr. Maxwell Maltz(1899-1975)
我們的自我印象和我們的習性有結合的傾向：改變其一就會自動改變另一方面。
馬克斯威爾 馬特斯 博士(1899-1975)

There is a basic law that like attracts like. Negative thinking definitely attracts negative results. Conversely, if a person habitually thinks optimistically and hopefully, his positive thinking sets in motion creative forces - and success instead of eluding him flows toward him.
Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1994), adapted
同類相吸是一個基本律。負面思考絕對帶來負面結果。反之，如果一個人習慣於樂觀、懷抱希望的思考，他的正向思考會賦予行為創造性的動力----以及成功，而不會阻斷順暢。
諾曼 文森 皮爾(1898-1994)，改寫

The world is what we think it is. If we can change our thoughts, we can change the world.
H.M. Tomlinson (1873-1958)
世界是我們的想像，如果我們改變想法，就能改變世界。
H.M.湯姆林森(1873-1958)

Let one therefore keep the mind pure, for what a man thinks, that he becomes.
The Upanishads (900-600 B.C.)
保持頭腦單純，一個人怎麼想，就會變成怎麼樣。
印度奧義書(西元前900-600)

By your thoughts you are daily, even hourly, building your life; you are carving your destiny.
Ruth Barrick Golden
由於你的想法，你每天，甚至時時刻刻在建造自己的生命;你在雕塑自己的命運。
魯斯 巴里克 歌登

Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that are forever blowing through one‘s mind.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
生命並非主要的，或大部分由事實、事件組成。生命是由不斷的吹向頭腦的思考風雨所組成。
馬克 吐溫(1835-1910)

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.
Lewis L.Dunnington
與其說生命決定你的生活方式，不如說你對待生命的態度決定你的生活方式;與其說發生在你身上的事件決定你的生活，不如說你看待事件的想法決定你的生活。
路易士L.丹寧頓

If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil, you yourself will become ugly.
Paramahansa Yogananda
如果你允許自己的想法停留在邪惡之中，你自己會變得很醜陋。
巴拉馬韓撒 猷嘉南大

And, if your friend does evil to you, say to him, “ I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did - to yourself ?”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
如果你的朋友對你做了罪惡的事，告訴他：“我原諒你對我做的事，但我怎麼原諒你對自己所做的呢？‘’
佛瑞得李其 尼采(1844-1900)

We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
我們是自己的魔鬼;我們將自己逐出自己的伊甸園。
約翰 沃夫岡 馮 高地(1749-1832)

We can choose to see life as a series of trials and tribulations, or we can choose to see life as an accumulation of treasures.
Author Unknown
我們可以選擇將生命視為一連串的艱苦和磨難，或者，我們可以選擇將人生視為寶藏的累積。
作者不詳

Every life has its dark and cheerful hours. Happiness comes from choosing which to remember.
Author Unknown
每個生命都有其黑暗和雀躍的時刻。快樂來自於選擇哪一個去記憶。
作者不詳

The mind is like a river; upon its waters thoughts float through in a constant procession every conscious moment. You stand on a bridge over it and can stop and turn back any thought that comes along. The art of contentment is to let no thought pass that going to disturb you.
Dr. Frank Crane (1861-1928), adapted
頭腦像是一條河流，在每個知覺的時刻，持續不斷的思緒漂流過水面。你站在跨過河流的橋上，可以停住或倒轉任何走過的思緒。滿足的藝術在於不受思緒的干擾。
佛藍克 克來恩 博士(1861-1928),改寫

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
William James (1842-1910)
成為有智慧的藝術，是知道該忽略什麼的藝術。
威廉 詹姆士(1842-1910)

Remember, no one can make you feel inferior (or anything else) without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), adapted
記住，沒有你的同意，任何人都無法讓你覺得低人一等（或其他）。
艾琳諾 羅斯福(1884-1962),改寫

Nobody has the right to wreck your day, let alone your life. And guess what ? Nobody does, you do…
G.W.F.
沒有人可以破壞你的日子，更不用說你的人生。你猜怎麼？沒有人可以，只有你可以破壞----
G.W.F.

I have had more trouble with myself than with any man I have ever met.
Dwight Moody (1837-99)
我自己給自己的煩惱，遠多於我所遇到的任何人所給的。
懷特 穆迪(1837-99)

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
Confucius (551-479 B.C.)
除非你一直記得，否則被無禮的對待不算什麼。
孔子(西元前551-479)

He who harbors a slight will miss the haven of happiness.
Author Unknown
心懷傲慢的人將錯過快樂的天堂。
作者不詳

It is not possible for the human mind to hold both a positive and negative thought at the same time.
Lily Tomlin, adapted
對人的頭腦而言，同時抱著正向思考和負面思考是不可能的。
莉莉 湯姆林,改寫

Every tomorrow has two handles. You can take hold of the handle of anxiety or the handle of enthusiasm. Upon your choice so will be your day.
Author Unknown
每個明天都有兩個把手，你可以抓住憂慮的把手，也可以抓住熱望的把手。你的選擇決定你的日子。
作者不詳

And so will be your life.
G.W.F.
這也會決定你的人生。
G.W.F.

One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life.
Edward B. Butler (1612-80)
有人有三十分鐘熱情，有人有三十天熱情，人生會成功的是有三十年熱情的人。
艾得華B.巴特勒(1612-80)

A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
Charles Schwab
人只要對任何事有無限的熱情，幾乎都可以成功。
查理士 許華卜

When a man dies, if he can pass enthusiasm along to his children, he has left them an estate of incalculable value.
Thomas Edison (1847-1931)
一個人臨死之前，如果能將熱情傳遞給他的子女,他等於是留給他們無價之寶。
湯姆士 愛迪生(1847-1931)

Given the three thousand million years of chance occurrences leading up to the chance encounter of one egg and one sperm that leads to the one cell that becomes you or me…the mere fact of existing should keep us all frozen in a contented dazzlement of surprise.
Opus, Outland
三億年的機率發生，讓一顆卵子和一個精子結合成為細胞，變成你或我，存在的真相應該會讓我們嚇呆了。
著作，奧特藍

There is a Tibetan story about an old, blind turtle who lives in the depths of the ocean. Once every thousand years, the turtle swims to the top of the sea, surfacing for air. Now imagine that there is a wooden ring floating somewhere on the surface of the ocean, and think of how rare it would be for the blind turtle, coming up for air once every thousand years, to put its head through the wooden ring. It is just that rare, say the Tibetans, for a being to gain human birth.
Chop Wood, Carry Water
一則西藏寓言。有一隻瞎眼的烏龜住在深海之中，每隔千年他會游到海上浮出水面呼吸空氣。想像海面上有一個漂流的木環，再想像這隻烏龜正巧將頭套在木環之中，這是多麼稀有的事。西藏人說，一個生命要得到人身就是這麼稀有。
砍柴，挑水

Celebrate your existence !
William Blake (1757-1827)
慶祝你的存在！
威廉 布雷克(1757-1827)

Life for every person should be a journey in jubilance !
Charles Fillmore (1854-1948)
對任何人而言，生命都應該是一個歡喜的旅行。
查理士 飛莫爾(1854-1948)

Just think how happy you would be if you lost everything you have right now, and then got it back again.
Author Unknown
如果你立刻失去現有的一切，然後又重新獲得，想想看，你會有多快樂。
作者不詳

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-92)
並非擁有多少，而是享用多少，讓我們快樂。
查理士 史波金(1834-92)

He enjoys much who is thankful for little; a grateful mind is both a great and a happy mind.
Thomas Secker
對小東西感謝的人享受最多;感恩的心是偉大、快樂的心。
湯姆斯 賽克

If the good Lord took me tomorrow, I have already been luckier than any man has a right to be. Anything else is pure gravy.
G.W.F.
如果上蒼明天將我帶走，我已經比任何人有權利得到的更幸運了。其他的東西都是額外的賞賜。
G.W.F.

There is no one luckier than he who thinks himself so.
German proverb
沒有人比自認幸運的人更幸運。
德國諺語

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the mother of all the rest.
Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
感激不僅是最大的美德，而且是所有美德之母。
西塞羅(西元前106-43)

There‘s a ‘magic switch’ inside all of us which can transform the worst to the best (or the best to the worst). It should be everyone‘s ultimate goal to discover and master this mechanism.
Anonymous
我們每個人的內在都有一個 ‘神奇開關’ ,它能將最壞的變成最好的(或者最好的變成最壞的)。每個人的終極目標應該是去發現並精通這個機關。
無名氏

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revole at any moment.
Marcus Aurelius (A.D.121-180)
如果你為任何外在的事物而煩惱，這個痛苦不是來自於事物，而是來自於你對它的估計。因此，你在任何時候都可以去除煩惱。
馬庫斯 奧樂利斯(西元前121-180)

Our best friends and our worst enemies are our thoughts.
Dr. Frank Crane (1861-1928)
我們最好的朋友，以及最壞的敵人，是我們的想法。
佛藍克 克來恩 博士(1861-1928)

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, or a hell of heaven.
John Milton (1608-74)
心是自己的住所，在其中可以創造地獄中的天堂，或天堂中的地獄。
約翰 密爾頓(1608-74)

The kingdom of God is within you.
Jesus
上帝的國度在你心中。
耶穌

A wise man will be the master of his mind. A fool will be its slave.
Publilius Syrus (1st century B.C.)
智者是心的主人。愚者是心的奴隸。
帕布禮里斯 希樂斯(西元前一世紀)

Nothing is good or bad but that our thinking makes it so.
Shakespeare (1564-1616)
事物無分好壞，但是我們的觀念造成事物好壞之分。
莎士比亞(1564-1616)

Two men look out through the same bars; one sees the mud and one the stars.
Frederick Langbridge (1849-1923)
兩個人從同一處欄杆向外望，一個人看到爛泥，一個人看到星星。
佛雷德立克 藍布立吉(1849-1923)

Be your own palace or the world‘s your jail.
Author Unknown
做你自己的宮殿，否則世界就是你的監獄。
作者不詳

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go.
Martha Washington (1731-1802)
快樂或不幸大部分看我們的性格而非環境。無論我們到哪裡，我們的心中都攜帶著兩者的種子。
馬莎 華盛頓(1731-1802)

We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.
Talmud
我們不是按照事物的樣子看它們。我們是按照我們自己去看事物。
猶太塔木德經

The world is a great mirror. It reflects back what you are.
Thomas Dreier
世界是一面大鏡子。它反射出你的樣子。
湯姆士 德瑞爾

A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror.
Ken Keyes, Jr.
有愛心的人活在愛的世界。有敵意的人活在敵對的世界。你所遇到的每個人都是你的寫照。
小 肯 凱雅

I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.
Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
我發現,如果你熱愛生命，生命就會愛你。
阿舍 魯賓斯坦(1887-1982)

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.
Don Juan (Carlos Castaneda), adapted
竅門在於我們強調什麼。我們不是讓自己悲慘，就是讓自己快樂。工作量是一樣的。
唐 喬安(卡羅斯 卡司坦達),改寫

The real secret of happiness is simply this; to be willing to live and let live, and to know very clearly in one‘s own mind that the unpardonable sin is to be an unpleasant person.
Galen Starr Ross
快樂真正的祕密在於:願意享受人生、放心享受人生，同時心中清楚的知道，最不可原諒的罪過是做一個不快樂的人。
蓋仁 史塔 羅斯

We have but one life - whether we spend it laughing or weeping.
Author Unknown
我們只有一生----不管我們用來笑還是用來哭。
作者不詳

This is the best day the world has ever seen. Tomorrow will be better.
R.A. Campbell
這是有史以來最棒的一天。明天會更好。
R.A.侃貝爾

What a wonderful life I‘ve had ! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
Colette (1873-1954)
我的人生是多麼美妙啊！我真希望我更早就了解到這一點。
哥地(1873-1954)