1、Make haste in doing good, restrain your mind from evil. Whosoever is slow in doing well, his mind delights in evil?
及时行善,以免你的心里再起坏念头。凡是不能及时行善的人,内心常会生起恶念。
2、As from a heap of flowers many a garland is made even so many good deeds should be done by one born a mortal.
人生难免一死,应趁有生之年多做一点善事,宛如从一堆花朵做成许多花圈。
3、Be tolerant among the intolerant, gentle among the violent, and free from greed among the greedy.
在急躁的人中要容忍,在凶暴的人中要温和,在贪婪的人中要慷慨。
4、As a beautiful flower that is full of hue but lacks fragrance, even so fruitless is the well-spoken word of one who does not practice it.
只说好话而没有实行是毫无结果的,这好比一朵美丽的花,徒具颜色而没有芳香。
5、If a man practices himself what he admonishes others to do , he himself , being well-controlled, will have controlled over others. It is difficult, indeed, to control oneself.
教导别人应先以身作则。约束自己以後才能约束别人。约束自己实在难呀!
6、To his ruin, indeed, the fool gains knowledge and fame, they destroy his bright lot and cleave his head.
愚笨的人得到知识和名誉对自己毫无益处,不但损失了他的幸福,而且还会使他刚愎自用。
7、Better than a thousand utterance with useless word is one single beneficial word, by hearing which one is pacified.
读诵没有用的话语一千句,倒不如只听到一句有益的话带给人安宁。
8、One should not pry into the faults of others, into things done and left undone by others. One should rather consider what by oneself is done and left undone.
不应挑剔别人的过失,批评别人已做和未做的事情。应时常反省自己的过失,考虑自己所做和未做的事情。
9、Deed divides beings into lower and higher ones.
行为使人产生低贱和高尚的差别。
10、One should make his speeches free from caustic remarks against others.
一个人言谈时。应避免以尖酸刻薄的话去批评别人。
11、The words of a man who is reserved in his speech and talks wisely and rationally are delightful to the ear.
讲话有分寸,谈吐婉转、言之有理、那麽你讲的话就会美妙动听。
12、Do not speak ill of others in their absence.
不要在别人背後说他们的坏话。
13、Without learning, men grow as cows do increasing only in flesh not wisdom.
不学习的人,宛如老牛,肉虽多,却没有智慧。
14、With the intelligent, the wise, the learned, the devout and the dutiful --with such a virtuous, intellectual man should one associate.
要常亲近贤明的人、有智慧的人、博学的人、忠诚热心的人、尽责的人---常跟这些智德兼备的人来往。
15、Be fond of sleep, fond of company, indolent, lazy and irritable-this is a cause of one’s downfall.
贪睡眠,爱闲聊,对所学的东西不感兴趣,做事情懒懒散散,急躁而没有耐心……是导致堕落的重大要素。
16、Who strives not when he should strive, who, though young and strong, is given to idleness, who is loose in his purpose and thoughts, and who is lazy-that idler never finds the way to wisdom.
不及时努力学习,年轻力壮时就懒散不堪,生活没有什麽目标和思想,怠惰的人永远不能发现智慧之路。
17、Indulge not in heedlessness, have no intimacy with sensuous delights; for the earnest, meditative person obtains abundant bliss.
不沉缅於放逸,不贪恋感官的享受,具有热忱而且常沈思真理的人,可获得大安乐。
18、Happy indeed we are without hate among the hateful.
在充满愤怒的人群中不怀丝毫的恨意,生活才能够快乐。
19、Happy is virtue till old age; happy is steadfast confidence; happy is the attainment of wisdom; happy is it to do no evil.
到老年还一直保持良好品德的人是快乐的,信心坚固的人也是快乐的。得到智慧的人快乐,不做恶的人也快乐。
20、Happiness consists in the realization of our wishes, and in our having only right desires.
幸福在於愿望的实现,而且在於只存着高尚的愿望。
21、One is one’s own refuge, who else could be the refuges?
信赖你自己,除了自己之外,还有谁能做你的依靠。
22、Man is the master of his destiny.
人是他自己命运的主人。
23、Health is the best gain; contentment is the best wealth. A trusty friend is the best kinsman; Nirvana (liberation) is the supreme bliss.
健康是最佳的利益;满足是最好的财富。(名人名言 )守信的朋友是最好的亲戚;没有烦恼是最大的幸福。
24、Let your old age be childlike, and your childhood like old age; that is, so that neither may your wisdom be with pride, nor your humility without wisdom.
让你的老年过得像童年一般天真烂漫,让你的童年过得像老年一般沉着稳重,这意思也就是说:不要在你的智慧中夹杂傲慢,也不要使你的谦卑缺乏智慧的成份。
25、Though one may live a hundred years with no true insight and self-control, yet better, indeed, is a life of one day for a man who meditates in wisdom.
假如一个人活了一百岁而没有真实的智慧,又不能自我规律,那倒不如只活了一天,具有智慧和定静的功夫。
26、Sound health is the greatest of gifts; contentedness, greatest of riches; trust, the greatest of qualities.
健康是最佳的礼物,知足是最大的财富,信心是最好的品德。
27、Let your diet be spare, your wants moderate, your needs few. So, living modestly, with no distracting desires, you will find content.
过着粗茶淡饭的生活,节制你的欲望,减少你的需要,在这种没有烦虑的适度生活里,你将可以发现满足。
28、Prevention is better than cure.
预防胜於治疗。
29、Cordial friendship has a supreme taste.
诚挚的友谊,味道绝佳。
30、Just as the flattery of a friend can pervert, so the insult of an enemy can sometimes correct.
朋友的谄媚会败坏一个人的品德;同样的道理,敌人的侮辱有时也能矫正你的错误。
31、One should spend reasonably, in proportion to his income, neither too much nor too little. He should not hoard wealth avariciously, nor should he be extravagant.
一个人用钱应该合理,并且跟他的收入成比例,不可浪费,也不可吝啬;不可处心积虑贪图财富,也不可挥霍奢侈。
32、Fools, men of little intelligence, give themselves overt negligence, but the wise man protects his diligence as a supreme treasure.
愚笨无知的人毫无顾忌地恣情放逸;但聪明的却保持努力不懈,视勤奋为无上珍宝。