1、Make haste in doing good, restrain your mind from evil. Whosoever is slow in doing well, his mind delights in evil?
及時行善,以免你的心裡再起壞念頭。凡是不能及時行善的人,內心常會生起惡念。
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.
人生難免一死,應趁有生之年多做一點善事,宛如從一堆花朵做成許多花圈。
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,在凶暴的人中要溫和,在貪婪的人中要慷慨。
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.
只說好話而沒有實行是毫無結果的,這好比一朵美麗的花,徒具顏色而沒有芳香。
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.
教導別人應先以身作則。約束自己以後才能約束別人。約束自己實在難呀!
6、To his ruin, indeed, the fool gains knowledge and fame, they destroy his bright lot and cleave his head.
愚笨的人得到知識和名譽對自己毫無益處,不但損失了他的幸福,而且還會使他剛愎自用。
7、Better than a thousand utterance with useless word is one single beneficial word, by hearing which one is pacified.
讀誦沒有用的話語一千句,倒不如只聽到一句有益的話帶給人安寧。
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.
不應挑剔別人的過失,批評別人已做和未做的事情。應時常反省自己的過失,考慮自己所做和未做的事情。
9、Deed divides beings into lower and higher ones.
行為使人產生低賤和高尚的差別。
10、One should make his speeches free from caustic remarks against others.
一個人言談時。應避免以尖酸刻薄的話去批評別人。
11、The words of a man who is reserved in his speech and talks wisely and rationally are delightful to the ear.
講話有分寸,談吐婉轉、言之有理、那麽你講的話就會美妙動聽。
12、Do not speak ill of others in their absence.
不要在別人背後說他們的壞話。
13、Without learning, men grow as cows do increasing only in flesh not wisdom.
不學習的人,宛如老牛,肉雖多,卻沒有智慧。
14、With the intelligent, the wise, the learned, the devout and the dutiful --with such a virtuous, intellectual man should one associate.
要常親近賢明的人、有智慧的人、博學的人、忠誠熱心的人、盡責的人---常跟這些智德兼備的人來往。
15、Be fond of sleep, fond of company, indolent, lazy and irritable-this is a cause of one』s downfall.
貪睡眠,愛閒聊,對所學的東西不感興趣,做事情懶懶散散,急躁而沒有耐心……是導致墮落的重大要素。
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.
不及時努力學習,年輕力壯時就懶散不堪,生活沒有什麽目標和思想,怠惰的人永遠不能發現智慧之路。
17、Indulge not in heedlessness, have no intimacy with sensuous delights; for the earnest, meditative person obtains abundant bliss.
不沉緬於放逸,不貪戀感官的享受,具有熱忱而且常沈思真理的人,可獲得大安樂。
18、Happy indeed we are without hate among the hateful.
在充滿憤怒的人群中不懷絲毫的恨意,生活才能夠快樂。
19、Happy is virtue till old age; happy is steadfast confidence; happy is the attainment of wisdom; happy is it to do no evil.
到老年還一直保持良好品德的人是快樂的,信心堅固的人也是快樂的。得到智慧的人快樂,不做惡的人也快樂。
20、Happiness consists in the realization of our wishes, and in our having only right desires.
幸福在於願望的實現,而且在於只存著高尚的願望。
21、One is one』s own refuge, who else could be the refuges?
信賴你自己,除了自己之外,還有誰能做你的依靠。
22、Man is the master of his destiny.
人是他自己命運的主人。
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;滿足是最好的財富。( )守信的朋友是最好的親戚;沒有煩惱是最大的幸福。
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.
讓你的老年過得像童年一般天真爛漫,讓你的童年過得像老年一般沉著穩重,這意思也就是說:不要在你的智慧中夾雜傲慢,也不要使你的謙卑缺乏智慧的成份。
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.
假如一個人活了一百歲而沒有真實的智慧,又不能自我規律,那倒不如只活了一天,具有智慧和定靜的功夫。
26、Sound health is the greatest of gifts; contentedness, greatest of riches; trust, the greatest of qualities.
健康是最佳的禮物,知足是最大的財富,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.
過著粗茶淡飯的生活,節制你的欲望,減少你的需要,在這種沒有煩慮的適度生活里,你將可以發現滿足。
28、Prevention is better than cure.
預防勝於治療。
29、Cordial friendship has a supreme taste.
誠摯的友誼,味道絕佳。
30、Just as the flattery of a friend can pervert, so the insult of an enemy can sometimes correct.
朋友的諂媚會敗壞一個人的品德;同樣的道理,敵人的侮辱有時也能矯正你的錯誤。
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.
一個人用錢應該合理,並且跟他的收入成比例,不可浪費,也不可吝嗇;不可處心積慮貪圖財富,也不可揮霍奢侈。
32、Fools, men of little intelligence, give themselves overt negligence, but the wise man protects his diligence as a supreme treasure.
愚笨無知的人毫無顧忌地恣情放逸;但聰明的卻保持努力不懈,視勤奮為無上珍寶。