A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
现在
Now
There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.
曾经有一段时间,一个傻瓜和他的钱很快就分开了,但现在这种事发生在每个人身上。
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
多么奇妙啊,没有人需要等待片刻才开始改善世界。
There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, "Truth is the daughter of Time."
还有一位老诗人,我不记得他的名字了,他说:“真理是时间的女儿。”
Eternity is not something that begins after you are dead. It is going on all the time. We are in it now.
永恒不是你死后才开始的。这种情况一直在发生。我们现在就在其中。
The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.
你对过去的愤怒越深,你就越不能爱现在。
Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.
每个人的生命都在当下;因为过去已经过去,未来还不确定。
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present.
昨天是历史。明天是个谜。今天吗?今天是一份礼物。这就是为什么我们称之为现在。
Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life? We are determined to be starved before we are hungry.
我们为什么要如此匆忙而浪费生命呢?我们决定先挨饿后挨饿。
Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this identical guise.
用尽这一点时间。很快便会死亡。 不管是伤口还是金子,它都不会来 同样的伪装。
Who has not found the heaven below Will fail of it above. God's residence is next to mine, His furniture is love.
谁没有发现下面的天堂 将会在上面失败。 上帝的住所就在我的旁边, 他的家具是爱。
The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.
梦想总是跑在我前面。只要能迎头赶上,哪怕只有一瞬间的与生活步调一致,那就是奇迹。
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate -- that's my philosophy.
我给你的建议不是问为什么或去哪里,而是享受你盘子里的冰淇淋——这就是我的哲学。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
My son is now an "entrepreneur." That's what you're called when you don't have a job.
我儿子现在是一名“企业家”。当你没有工作的时候,这就是你的名字。
Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your life.
做你自己;否则你会错过你的生活。
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.
你所需要的只是爱。但偶尔吃一点巧克力也无妨。
Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.
生活就像一枚硬币。你想怎么花就怎么花,但你只能花一次。
Is it so small a thing To have enjoy'd the sun, To have lived light in the spring, To have loved, to have thought, to have done...
这么小的东西吗 享受阳光, 活在春天的阳光里, 曾经爱过,曾经想过,曾经做过……
Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world. Stand in your own dooryard and you have eight thousand miles of solid ground beneath you, and all the sidereal splendors overhead.
不可轻看自己的住处和时候。每一个地方都在星空下,每一个地方都是世界的中心。站在自家的院子里,脚下有八千英里的坚实土地,头顶上星光灿烂。