老子说 - 道德经（7）

如何成为一个成功的人？如何成为一个受人尊敬的人？如何成为一个有影响力的人？当代成功学铺天盖地，满眼都是文字垃圾，老子用4句话就讲清楚了。

天长地久，天地之所以能长久存在，是因为它们不是为了自己的生存而运行，所以能够长久存在。圣人处处谦虚、退让，反而能够赢得尊敬，事事替他人着想，不计较利害得失，反而身受其益。正是因为他的不自私，反而成就了他自己。

道德经第六章 原文

天长，地久。天地之所以能长且久者，以其不自生也，故能长生。是以圣人后其身而身先，外其身而身存，非以其无私邪？故能成其私。

The universe is everlasting.
The reason the universe is everlasting
Is that it does not live for Self.
Therefore it can long endure.

Therefore the Sage puts himself last,
And finds himself in the foremost place;
Regards his body as accidental,
And his body is thereby preserved.
Is it not because he does not live for Self,
That his Self is realized?
-- Lin Yutang 林语堂

Heaven is eternal, the Earth everlasting.
How come they to be so? Is it because they do not foster their own lives.
That is why they live so long.
Therefore the Sage,
Puts himself in the background, but is always to the fore.
Remains outside, but is always there.
Is it not just because he does not strive for any personal end.
That all his personal ends are fulfilled?
-- Arthur Waley 亚瑟·威利