标题: A Simple Path——一条简单的道路 [打印本页] 作者: 以诺 时间: 28.9.2010 01:17 标题: A Simple Path——一条简单的道路 A Simple Path
一条简单的道路
People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Love them anyway.
人们不讲道理、思想谬误、自我中心,但不管怎样,还是要爱他们。
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Do good anyway.
如果你做善事,人们说你自私自利、别有用心,但不管怎样,还是要做善事。
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.
如果你成功以後,身边尽是假的朋友和真的敌人,但不管怎样,还是要要成功。
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
你今天所行的善事明天就被遗忘,但不管怎样,还是要要做善事。
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.
诚实与坦率待人常使你受到伤害,但不管怎样,还是要诚实与坦率。
The biggest person with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest person with the smallest mind. Think big anyway.
眼光远大的人,会被心胸狭隘的小人攻击,但不管怎样,还是要眼光远大。
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
人都会同情弱者,可是只追随赢家,但不管怎样,还是要为弱者奋斗
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.
你耗费数年所建设的可能毁於一旦,但不管怎样,还是要建设;
People really need help but may attack if you help them. Help anyway.
人们确实需要帮助,然而如果你帮助他们,却可能遭到攻击,但不管怎样,还是要帮助;
Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you've got anyway.
将你所拥有最好的东西献给世界,你大受挫折,但不管怎样,还是要将你所拥有最好的东西献给世界。
节录/加尔各答儿童之家希舒《巴满墙上的标示》
原处 《 From a sign on the wall of Shinshu Bhavan, the Children's home in Calcutta 》
1948年德蕾莎修女感受到来自上帝的呼召,要她为「最穷」的人(poorest of the poor)服务。於是,她离开了她住了二十几年的修道院,她脱下了厚重的欧洲式修女道袍,换上了一件像印度农妇所穿白色蓝边的衣服,她从此走出了高墙,走到穷人之中!德蕾莎修女的一生一直为穷人服务,1997年9月6日她与世长辞了,全球都为她的死感到哀伤。当时,中天新闻评论说∶「她的去世,使穷人的希望破灭┅┅」。我并不同意这样的说法,因为仍然有许多她的继承者,正在为穷人服务。