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Health · 老子《道德经》· 第六十四章
A Journey of a Thousand Miles
合抱之木,生於毫末;九層之臺,起於累土;千里之行,始於足下。
Great things begin small: a tree from a sprout, a tower from a basket of earth, a long journey from the first step.
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Health · 马可·奥勒留《沉思录》· Book V, XVII
The Obstacle Becomes the Way
For by these the mind doth turn and convert any impediment whatsoever, to be her aim and purpose. So that what before was the impediment, is now…
The mind can convert any impediment into its own aim; what was in the way becomes the readiest way.
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Health · 爱比克泰德《手册》· Chapter V
Things and Views
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of things.
People are disturbed not by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Health · 詹姆斯·艾伦《思考的人》· Effect of Thought on Circumstances
You Attract What You Are
Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.
People do not attract what they want; they attract what they are.
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Health · 老子《道德经》· Chapter 64
A Journey of a Thousand Miles (Legge)
The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout; the tower of nine storeys rose from a (small) heap of earth; the journey of a thousand li…
Legge's translation of Laozi on great things beginning with a single step.
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Health · 瑞·达利欧《原则》· Life Principles: Pain + Reflection = Progress
Pain + Reflection = Progress
Pain + Reflection = Progress. There is no avoiding pain, especially if you're going after ambitious goals.
Treat pain as a signal; reflect on it deliberately, and it becomes progress.
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Health · 王川《只有生存狂才无需偏执》· 只有生存狂才无需偏执
The Definition of Patience
耐心,就是正视现实,承认很多事情需要时间慢慢发展,不轻易消耗自身资源强推。
Patience means facing reality, accepting that many things take time, and not burning your resources to force them.
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Health · 孔子及其弟子《论语》· 里仁第四·四之十七
See the Worthy and Aspire
子曰:「見賢思齊焉,見不賢而內自省也。」
See the worthy and aspire to match them; see the unworthy and examine yourself.
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Health · 老子《道德经》· 第三十三章
Knowing Yourself Is Clarity
知人者智,自知者明。勝人者有力,自勝者強。知足者富。強行者有志。不失其所者久。死而不亡者壽。
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is clarity. Mastering yourself is true strength.
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Health · 老子《道德经》· 第四十四章
Know When to Stop
名與身孰親?身與貨孰多?得與亡孰病?是故甚愛必大費,多藏必厚亡,知足不辱,知止不殆,可以長久。
Fame and wealth cost life; knowing contentment and when to stop is how you last.
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Health · 王阳明《传习录》· 卷上·徐愛錄
Knowledge and Action Are One
知是行的主意,行是知的功夫;知是行之始,行是知之成。
Knowledge is the beginning of action; action is the completion of knowledge.
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Health · 孟子《孟子》· 告子下·十五
Life from Adversity, Death from Comfort
然後知生於憂患,而死於安樂也。
Adversity keeps a person alive; comfort lets them decay.
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Health · 塞内卡《论生命之短暂》· Chapter I
Life Is Not Short
We do not have a very short time assigned to us, but we lose a great deal of it: life is long enough to carry out the most important projects
Life is not short; we waste much of it. It is long enough for the most important work.
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Health · 马可·奥勒留《沉思录》· Book VI, V
The Best Revenge
The best kind of revenge is, not to become like unto them.
The best revenge is refusing to become like the person who wronged you.
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Health · 亨利·戴维·梭罗《瓦尔登湖》· Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
Live Deliberately
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to…
Live deliberately, face the essential facts, and do not discover at death that you never lived.
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Health · 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生《随笔集(第一辑)》· Self-Reliance
Trust Thyself
Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
Trust your own judgment; every heart responds to that iron string.
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第1则
Caigentan, Entry 1
棲守道德者,寂寞一時;依附權勢者,淒涼萬古。故達人觀物外之物,思身後之身,寧受一時之寂寞,毋取萬古之淒涼。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第2则
Caigentan, Entry 2
涉世淺,點染亦淺;歷事深,機械亦深。故君子與其練達,不若樸魯;與其曲謹,不若疏狂。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第3则
Caigentan, Entry 3
君子之心事,天青日白,不可使人不知。 君子之才華,玉韞珠藏,不可使人易知。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第4则
Caigentan, Entry 4
勢利紛華,不近者為潔,近之而不染者為尤潔; 智械機巧,不知者為高,知之而不用者為尤高。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第5则
Caigentan, Entry 5
耳中常聞逆耳之言,心中常有拂心之事,纔是進德修行的砥石。若言言悅耳,事事快心,便把此生埋在鴆毒中矣。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第6则
Caigentan, Entry 6
疾風怒雨,禽鳥戚戚; 霽日光風,草木欣欣。 可見天地不可一日無和氣,人心不可一日無喜神。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第7则
Caigentan, Entry 7
醲肥辛甘非真味,真味只是淡; 神奇卓異非至人,至人只是常。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第8则
Caigentan, Entry 8
天地寂然不動,而氣機無一息少停; 日月晝夜奔馳,而貞明則萬古不易。 故君子閒時要有喫緊的心思,忙處要有悠閒的趣味。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第9则
Caigentan, Entry 9
夜深人靜,獨坐觀心,始覺妄窮而真獨露,每於此中得大機趣;既覺真現而妄難逃,又於此中得大慚忸。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第10则
Caigentan, Entry 10
恩裏由來生害,故快意時,須早回頭; 敗後或反成功,故拂心處,莫便放手。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第11则
Caigentan, Entry 11
藜口莧腸者,多冰清玉潔;袞衣玉食者,甘婢膝奴顏。蓋志以澹泊明,而節從肥甘喪也。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第12则
Caigentan, Entry 12
面前的田地要放得寬,使人無不平之歎; 身後的惠澤要流得長,使人有不匱之思。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第13则
Caigentan, Entry 13
徑路窄處,留一步與人行;滋味濃的,減三分讓人嗜。此是涉世一極安樂法。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第15则
Caigentan, Entry 15
交友須帶三分俠氣,做人要存一點素心。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第16则
Caigentan, Entry 16
寵利毋居人前,德業毋落人後; 受享毋踰分外,修為毋減分中。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第17则
Caigentan, Entry 17
處世讓一步為高,退步即進步的張本; 待人寬一分是福,利人實利己的根基。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第18则
Caigentan, Entry 18
蓋世功勞,當不得一個矜字; 彌天罪過,當不得一個悔字。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第19则
Caigentan, Entry 19
完名美節,不宜獨任,分些與人,可以遠害全身; 辱行污名,不宜全推,引些歸己,可以韜光養德。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第21则
Caigentan, Entry 21
家庭有個真佛,日用有種真道。人能誠心和氣,愉色婉言,使父母兄弟間,形骸兩釋,意氣交流,勝於調息觀心萬倍矣。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第22则
Caigentan, Entry 22
好動者,雲電風燈;嗜寂者,死灰槁木。須定雲止水中,有魚躍鳶飛氣象,纔是有道的心體。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第23则
Caigentan, Entry 23
攻人之惡,毋太嚴,要思其堪受; 教人之善,毋過高,當使其可從。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第24则
Caigentan, Entry 24
糞蟲至穢,變為蟬而飲露於秋風; 腐草無光,化為螢而耀采於夏月。 固知潔常自污出,明每從晦生也。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第25则
Caigentan, Entry 25
矜高倨傲,無非客氣,降伏得客氣下,而後正氣伸; 情欲意識,盡屬妄心,消殺得妄心盡,而後真心現。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第26则
Caigentan, Entry 26
飽後思味,則濃淡之境都消; 色後思淫,則男女之見盡絕。 故人常以事後之悔悟,破臨事之癡迷,則性定而動無不正。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第27则
Caigentan, Entry 27
居軒冕之中,不可無山林的氣味; 處林泉之下,須要懷廊廟的經綸。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第28则
Caigentan, Entry 28
處世不必邀功,無過便是功; 與人不求感德,無怨便是德。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第29则
Caigentan, Entry 29
憂勤是美德,太苦則無以適性怡情; 澹泊是高風,太枯則無以濟人利物。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第30则
Caigentan, Entry 30
人至事窮勢蹙,宜原其初心; 士當行滿功成,要觀其末路。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第31则
Caigentan, Entry 31
富貴家宜寬厚,而反忌刻,是富貴而貧賤其行矣,如何能享? 聰明人宜斂藏,而反炫耀,是聰明而愚懵其病矣,如何不敗?
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第32则
Caigentan, Entry 32
居卑而後知登高之為危,處晦而後知向明之太露; 守靜而後知好動之過勞,養默而後知多言之為躁。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第33则
Caigentan, Entry 33
放得功名富貴之心下,便可脫凡; 放得道德仁義之心下,纔可入聖。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第34则
Caigentan, Entry 34
利慾未盡害心,意見乃害心之蟊賊; 聲色未必障道,聰明乃障道之藩屏。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第36则
Caigentan, Entry 36
待小人,不難於嚴,而難於不惡; 待君子,不難於恭,而難於有禮。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第37则
Caigentan, Entry 37
寧守渾噩而黜聰明,留些正氣還天地; 寧謝紛華而甘澹泊,遺個清名在乾坤。
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Caigentan, Entry 38
降魔者,先降自心,心伏,則群魔退聽; 馭橫者,先馭此氣,氣平,則外橫不侵。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第39则
Caigentan, Entry 39
教弟子,如養閨女,最要嚴出入,謹交遊。若一接近匪人,是清淨田中,下一不淨種子,便終身難植嘉禾矣。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第40则
Caigentan, Entry 40
慾路上事,毋樂其便而姑為染指,一染指便深入萬仞; 理路上事,無憚其難而稍為退步,一退步便遠隔千山。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第41则
Caigentan, Entry 41
念頭濃者,自待厚,待人亦厚,處處皆濃; 念頭淡者,自待薄,待人亦薄,處處皆淡。 故君子居常嗜好,不可太濃豔,亦不宜太枯寂。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第42则
Caigentan, Entry 42
彼富我仁,彼爵我義,君子固不為君相所牢籠; 人定勝天,志壹動氣,君子亦不受造物之陶鑄。
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Caigentan, Entry 43
風恬浪靜中,見人生之真境; 味淡聲希處,識心體之本然。
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Caigentan, Entry 44
立身不高一步立,如塵裏振衣,泥中濯足,如何超達; 處世不退一步處,如飛蛾投燭,羝羊觸藩,如何安樂。
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Caigentan, Entry 45
學者要收拾精神,併歸一路。如修德而留意於事功名譽,必無實詣;讀書而寄興於吟詠風雅,定不深心。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第46则
Caigentan, Entry 46
人人有個大慈悲,維摩屠劊無二心也; 處處有種真趣味,金屋茅簷非兩地也。 只是慾蔽情封,當面錯過,便咫尺千里矣。
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Caigentan, Entry 47
進德修道,要個木石的念頭,若一有欣羨,便趨慾境; 濟世經邦,要段雲水的趣味,若一有貪著,便墮危機。
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