《书卷多情》
俞敏洪
67个笔记
01 书卷多情似故人
>> There's a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.万物皆有裂痕,那是光照进来的地方。——莱昂纳德·科恩(Leonard Cohen)
>> The mark of an immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.一个不成熟的理想主义者会为理想悲壮地死去,而一个成熟的理想主义者则愿意为理想苟且地活着。——引自J.D.塞林格(J.D.Salinger),《麦田里的守望者》(The Catcher in the Rye)
>> Courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. It's knowing you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.勇敢并不是一个人手中拿着枪,而是当你还未开始就已知道自己会输,可你依然要去做,而且无论如何都要把它坚持到底。——哈珀·李(Nelle Harper Lee),《杀死一只知更鸟》(To Kill A Mockingbird)
>> Sometimes when you take two ordinary things and put them together at just the right time, there's a chance they'll become two less ordinary things.有时当你把两个很平常的东西在恰当的时间放到一起时,它们有可能变得不再平常了。——E.B.怀特(E.B.White),《夏洛的网》(Charlotte's Web)
>> If, for example, you come at four o'clock in the afternoon,then at three o'clock I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances. At four o'clock, I shall already be worrying and jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am!But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you…如果你说你在下午四点来,从三点钟开始,我就感觉很快乐。时间越临近,我就越感到快乐。到了四点钟的时候,我就会坐立不安,我想要你知道我是多么的幸福。但是如果你随便什么时候来,我就不知道在什么时候准备好迎接你的心情了……——安东尼·德·圣—埃克苏佩里(Antoine de Saint Exupéry),《小王子》(The Little Prince)
>> 《小王子》中还有两句话,我也希望跟大家分享。第一句话:“Men have not more time to understand anything. They buy things already made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more”这句话的中文意思是,人们已经没有时间去理解任何东西了,因为他们在店里买已经做好的东西。但是在任何店里都买不到友谊,所以现代人已经没有任何朋友。这句话也说出了我们的心声,现代人忙忙碌碌、追名逐利,但是到最后却把友谊——我们生命中最珍贵的东西,扔到了一边。另外还有一句话我也想跟大家分享:“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes”这句话的中文意思是,这就是我的秘密,一个非常简单的秘密,只有用我们的心,我们才能看得对,才能看到正确的东西。所以生活的真相,眼睛是看不见的,眼睛只能看到表象,所以invisible to the eyes。有时候我们光是注意到很多东西的外表,看一个人开辆豪车就觉得这个人牛,一个人长得漂亮觉得这个人很有魅力。但是实际上,一个人真正的魅力,是他内心的善良,是他内心更加崇高的追求。
>> It's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out.人们说陈年旧事可以被埋葬,然而我终于明白这是错的,因为往事会自行爬上来。——卡勒德·胡赛尼(Khaled Hosseini),《追风筝的人》(The Kite Runner)
>> A heart will not be hurt for pursuing a dream, when you truly want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to complete it.没有一颗心,会因为追求梦想而受伤,当你真心渴望某样东西时,整个宇宙都会联合起来帮你。——保罗·柯艾略(Paulo Coelho),《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》(The Alchemist)
>> Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.有的人相识七年也仍然无法相知,而有的人只要相处七天,就足以深深相爱。——简·奥斯汀(Jane Austen),《理智与情感》(Sense and Sensibility)
>> Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.每当你想要批评任何人的时候,你就记住,这个世界上所有的人,并不是个个都有过你拥有的那些优越条件。——F.斯科特·菲茨杰拉德(F.Scott Fitzgerald),《了不起的盖茨比》(The Great Gatsby)
>> Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.他身上的一切都尽显老态,除了那双眼睛,它们像海水一般蓝,是愉快而不肯认输的。——欧内斯特·海明威(Ernest Hemingway),《老人与海》(The Old Man and the Sea)
>> “A man can be destroyed, but not defeated”,一个人可以被粉碎,但是却不能被打败。
>> It was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.对于从不质疑任何事情的人,你没有办法也没有必要教育他们。——约瑟夫·海勒(Joseph Heller),《第二十二条军规》(Catch 22)
>> To see a world in a grain of sandAnd a heaven in a wild flowerHold infinity in the palm of your hanAnd eternity in an hour.一粒沙里见世界,一朵花里见天堂。手掌里盛住无限,一刹那便是永劫。——威廉·布莱克(William Blake),《天真的预言》(Auguries of Innocence)
>> The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars, and in the middle, you see the blue center-light pop, and everybody goes ahh!我只喜欢一类人,他们生活狂放不羁,说起话来热情洋溢,疯狂地等待被救赎,对生活十分苛求,希望拥有一切,他们对平凡的事物不屑一顾,但他们渴望燃烧,像神话中巨型的黄色罗马蜡烛那样燃烧,渴望爆炸,像行星撞击那样在爆炸声中发出蓝色的光,令人惊叹不已。——杰克·凯鲁亚克(Jack Kerouac),《在路上》(On the Road)
>> Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business.读书足以怡情,足以傅彩,足以长才。其怡情也,最见于独处幽居之时;其傅彩也,最见于高谈阔论之中;其长才也,最见于处世判事之际。——弗朗西斯·培根(Francis Bacon),《培根随笔》(The Essays of Bacon)
>> The service of the fruit is precious, the service of the flower is sweet, but let my service be the service of the leaves in its shade of humble devotion.果实的事业是珍贵的,花朵的事业是甜美的,但是让我做叶的事业吧,叶是谦逊的,专心地垂着绿荫的。——拉宾德拉纳特·泰戈尔(Rabindranath Tagore)
>> 泰戈尔还有很多著名的句子,其中有一句“生如夏花之绚烂,死如秋叶之静美”,我特别喜欢。它的英文原文是这样的:“Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves”
>> That which does not kill us makes us stronger.但凡杀不了你的,都会使你更强大。——弗里德里希·威廉·尼采(Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche)
>> She walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and starry skies;And all that's best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes:Thus mellow'd to that tender lightWhich heaven to gaudy day denies.她走在美的光彩中,像夜晚皎洁无云而且繁星满天;明与暗的最美妙的色泽在她的仪容和秋波里呈现:耀目的白天只嫌光太强,它比那光亮柔和而幽暗。——乔治·戈登·拜伦(George Gordon Byron),《她走在美的光彩中》(She Walks in Beauty)
>> The mother is everything. She is our consolation in sorrow,our hope in misery, and our strength in weakness. She is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness.人的一生中,母亲就是一切。悲伤的时候,她给予我们慰藉;痛苦的时候,她给予我们希望;软弱的时候,她给予我们力量。她是慈爱、怜悯、同情与宽恕的源泉。——卡里·纪伯伦(Kahlil Gibran)
>> Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.快乐的人也会让别人感到快乐。——安妮‧弗兰克(Anne Frank)这句话来自《安妮日记》(The Diary of Anne Frank)。
02 你面前有阴影,是因为你背对阳光
>> There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is and to love it.生活中只有一种英雄主义,那就是在认清生活真相之后依然热爱生活。——罗曼·罗兰(Romain Rolland)
>> Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.不要尝试去做一个成功的人,而是做一个有价值的人。——阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦(Albert Einstein)
>> The more one judges, the less one loves.一个人评判的愈多,爱的就愈少。——奥诺雷·德·巴尔扎克(Honoré de Balzac)
>> It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.与那些比你更优秀的人在一起比较好。选择那些行为比你更优秀的伙伴,你将会受到潜移默化的影响。——沃伦·巴菲特(Warren E.Buffett)
>> 只有跟更好的人在一起,你才会变得更好。我们一生最重要的其实不在于你自己个人奋斗得如何,而在于你周围交往的朋友如何。
>> 只有你变得更加优秀了,比你更优秀的人才会愿意聚集在你的周围,“居其所而众星拱之”。
>> To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour.满怀希望的旅行比到达目的地更美好,真正的成功在于努力的过程。——罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森(Robert Louis Stevenson)
>> 这句话也让我想起了著名的作家塞缪尔·厄尔曼(Samuel Ullman)来自《青春》(Youth)这篇文章中的一句话。我想大部分人都听过,甚至背过。“Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life”中国著名的翻译家王佐良先生是这么翻译的:“青春不是年华,而是心境;青春不是桃面丹唇柔膝,而是深沉的意志、恢宏的想象、炙热的情感;青春是生命的深泉在涌流。”这也是说得最好的有关青春的话语。
>> 我依然希望自己保持青春生命的活力。我觉得几个要素非常重要:第一,要不断训练自己的身体,让自己的身体能够一直保持在最适合的健康状态。因为尽管身体和精神可以从某种意义上分开,但是身体的健康一定能让精神更加愉悦。第二,一定要去努力学习新的东西。因为只有不断地接纳新的东西,才能够跟上世界的前沿思想和时代的发展。第三,要尽可能多地跟年轻人打交道。因为只有不断地跟年轻人打交道,才会真正从年轻人的角度去看向未来,而不是总看向过去。大部分老年人只是回忆过去,假如说你一直只跟老年人打交道的话,是没有未来的。第四,依然要充满梦想和理想,要为自己设计未来。因为你有了梦想和理想,你就会为未来奋斗,你就会忘了年龄,因此就不会迅速变老。
>> Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.生活中大多数的阴霾归咎于我们挡住了自己的阳光。——拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生(Ralph Waldo Emerson)
>> True liberty is to have power over oneself in all things.真正的自由是在所有事情上都能控制自己。——蒙田(Michel de Montaigne)
>> 我的好朋友、作家梁晓声曾经在一次演讲的时候说过四句话,他说什么是文化,什么叫一个人有文化,最重要的是:“根植于内心的修养,无需提醒的自觉,以约束为前提的自由,为别人着想的善良。”
>> Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.偏见是一种负担,它混淆过去,威胁未来,并让我们无法掌握当下。——玛雅‧安吉罗(Maya Angelou)
>> The sun can make you take off your coat more quickly than the wind; and kindliness, the friendly approach and appreciation can make people change their minds more readily than all the bluster and storming in the world.太阳能比风更快使你脱下外套;就像温和、友善和赞赏的态度,相较于咄咄逼人和大声怒吼,更让人愿意改变心意。——戴尔‧卡耐基(Dale Carnegie)
>> The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.真正的发现之旅,不在于寻找新的风景,而在于拥有新的视角。——马塞尔·普鲁斯特(Marcel Proust)
>> 我们之所以生活得与众不同,一定是因为我们的眼光和思想不一样。
>> 所以在这里我想讲四点。第一点,思维的改变决定了人的改变。
>> 第二点,一个人眼光的高度和角度,决定了他是否比别人更加优秀。
>> 第三点,一个人寻求新的环境和思想,依然是很重要的。
>> 第四点,几乎所有人在世界上都想要寻找新的机会,但是机会是靠自己判断出来的。
>> Childhood is the most wonderful period in one's life, the child then is a flower, a fruit, dim intelligence, an endless activity and a burst of strong desire.童年是人生中最美妙的阶段,那时的孩子是一朵花,也是一颗果子,是一片朦朦胧胧的智慧,一种永远不息的活动,一股强烈的欲望。——奥诺雷·德·巴尔扎克(Honoré de Balzac)
>> The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.想要独自生活的人无法获得成功,没有回应他人的心灵,他自己的心会枯萎。只听到自己想法的回响而没得到其他灵感,他的心智会萎缩。——赛珍珠(Pearl S. Buck)
>> My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.我的痛苦可能成为别人大笑的理由,但是我的欢笑绝对不可以成为别人痛苦的起因。——查理·卓别林(Charlie Chaplin)
>> What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our leisure hours determines what we are.我们工作时间做的事,决定我们拥有什么;我们闲暇时间做的事,决定我们成为哪种人。——乔治‧伊斯曼(George Eastman)
>> Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of a just cause,the triumph of truth.和平是生命的美丽之处,它是阳光、它是小孩的笑容、母亲的爱、父亲的欢乐、家庭的和睦。它是人类的进步以及正义和真理的胜利。——梅纳赫姆·贝京(Menachem Begin)
03 不只做梦,更要Make It Happen
>> The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.最困难的是下决定,剩下的只是坚持。——阿梅莉亚·玛丽·埃尔哈特(Amelia Mary Earhart)
>> The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.这世界并不会在意你的自尊。这世界指望你在自我感觉良好之前先要有所成就。——比尔·盖茨(Bill Gates)
>> The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them.在这个世界上取得成功的人,都努力去寻找他们想要的机会,如果找不到时,他们就自己创造机会。——萧伯纳(Bernard Shaw)
>> The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.不冒任何风险才是最大的风险……在瞬息万变的世界中,必然会失败的唯一做法就是不冒险。——马克·艾略特·扎克伯格(Mark Elliot Zuckerberg)
>> The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.学习的美好之处,是没有人可以把它从你身上拿走。——雷利·B.金(B.B.King)
>> It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees.天上永远不会掉下玫瑰来,如果想要更多的玫瑰,必须自己种植。——乔治·艾略特(George Eliot)
>> The busier we are, the more acutely we feel that we live, the more conscious we are of life.我们越是忙碌,越能强烈地感觉到我们活着,越能觉察到生命的存在。——伊曼努尔·康德(Immanuel Kant)
>> 康德还有另外一句话,大家可能也非常熟悉,这就是刻在他墓碑上用德文写的一句话。翻译成中文是这样:有两种东西,我对它们的思考越是深沉和持久,它们在我心灵中唤起的惊奇和敬畏就会日新月异,这就是我头上的星空和心中的道德法则。
>> Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning,studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.成功不是偶然,它是努力、毅力、学习、研究、牺牲,以及最重要的,热爱你做的事或你在学的事。——贝利(Pelé)
>> Do you love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of.你热爱生命吗?那么,别浪费时间,因为生命是由时间组成的。——本杰明·富兰克林(Benjamin Franklin)
>> 因为时间只要浪费了,就再也不可能回来。说到底,人生一辈子总共也就是几万个小时而已,就算活到100岁,一年只有365天,大概也就是那么多时间。不管怎样,一个人如果能把时间利用好的话,一生中就能做更多更好的事情。我觉得利用时间不浪费有两个方面:第一,人生要做对自己来说最重要的事情,因为我们很多人表面上显得很忙碌,但是实际上做的事情是没有意义、没有价值的、琐碎的、重复的、没有高度的事情。我们做太多这样的事情是没有意义的,是生命的浪费。所以首先要确定我们做的事情是有意义的,是让我们进步的,是让我们不断取得更好成就,以及带来更多幸福的事情的。第二,当我们确定了应该做的事情以后,就应该争分夺秒地去做,不应该把时间浪费在毫无意义的事情上面。这件事情其实说起来容易做起来难,我也每时每刻都在警告自己一分钟都不应该浪费掉。当然我还算是一个勤奋的人,每天要工作十六七个小时。即使这样,也常常会犯很多愚蠢的错误。有时候做的事情高度不够,明明知道这件事情做了会浪费时间,但是还会去做。
>> The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.生命的意义不仅在于简单的存在与活着,而是去前行、进步、成就和征服。——阿诺德·施瓦辛格(Arnold Schwarzenegger)
>> We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.我们必须有毅力,尤其要对自己有信心。我们必须相信,我们拥有做成某些事的天分,也必须相信我们一定能做到。——玛丽‧居里(Marie Curie)
>> The easiest thing in the world is to come up with an excuse not to do something. I found that the most important thing in life is to stop saying “I wish”and start saying “I will”.世上最容易的是找借口不做一些事。我发现人生最重要的是停止说“我希望”,并开始说“我将会”。——大卫‧科波菲尔(David Copperfield)
>> 人生中的进步主要来自自己的意愿以及行动。所以我觉得我们要专注于这几个方面:第一,要专注于自己最喜欢做、最想做的事情。
>> 第二,采取行动去做。
>> 第三,做任何事情,都不要去找太多的借口。
>> 第四,一定要有这样一个心理暗示:千万不要觉得我不行,就说那就算了吧。
>> Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.一心一意是成功的主要关键之一,不管你的目标为何。——约翰‧洛克菲勒(John D. Rockefeller)
>> 根据这句话我们谈一点小小的感悟。第一,人的一辈子其实过得很快,想要做的事情完成不了几件。所以应当专注于那几件对你人生最有意义的事情和对你自己来说最能够让心灵丰富的事情去做,而不要分散自己的精力。有一句话说得好:“专注力就是生产力。”第二,在现在这个时代,我们的专注力很容易被耗散掉,包括日常生活的专注力。
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