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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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Career · 尼可罗·马基雅维利《君主论》· Chapter XVII
Feared or Loved
it is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with.
If one must choose, it is safer to be feared than loved.
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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 · 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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Investing · 亚当·斯密《国富论》· Book I, Chapter II
The Butcher, the Brewer, and the Baker
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.
Exchange works through mutual self-interest, not benevolence.
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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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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第38则
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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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第43则
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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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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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第47则
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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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第48则
Caigentan, Entry 48
吉人無論作用安詳,即夢寐神魂,無非和氣; 凶人無論行事狠戾,即聲音笑貌,渾是殺機。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第52则
Caigentan, Entry 52
我有功於人不可念,而過則不可不念; 人有恩於我不可忘,而怨則不可不忘。
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Career · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第54则
Caigentan, Entry 54
人之際遇,有齊有不齊,而能使己獨齊乎? 己之情理,有順有不順,而能使人皆順乎? 以此相觀對治,亦是一方便法門。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第56则
Caigentan, Entry 56
奢者富而不足,何如儉者貧而有餘; 能者勞而府怨,何如拙者逸而全真。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第58则
Caigentan, Entry 58
人心有一部真文章,都被殘編斷簡封錮了;有一部真鼓吹,都被妖姬豔舞湮沒了。學者須掃除外物,直覓本來,纔有個真受用。
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Career · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第60则
Caigentan, Entry 60
富貴名譽,自道德來者,如山林中花,自是舒餘繁衍;自功業來者,如盆檻中花,便有遷徙廢興;若以權力得者,如瓶鉢中花,其根不值,其萎可立而待矣。
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Career · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第62则
Caigentan, Entry 62
學者有段競業的心思,又要有段瀟洒的趣味。若一味斂束清苦,是有秋殺,無春生,何以發育萬物。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第63则
Caigentan, Entry 63
真廉無廉名,圖名者正所以為貪; 大巧無巧術,用術者乃所以為拙。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第64则
Caigentan, Entry 64
欹器以滿覆,撲滿以空全。故君子寧居無不居有,寧處缺不處完。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第66则
Caigentan, Entry 66
心體光明,暗室中有青天; 念頭暗昧,白日下生厲鬼。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第67则
Caigentan, Entry 67
人知名位為樂,不知無名無位之樂為最真; 人知飢寒為憂,那知不飢不寒之憂為更甚。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第69则
Caigentan, Entry 69
天之機緘不測。抑而伸,伸而抑,皆是播弄英雄,顛倒豪傑處。君子只是逆來順受,居安思危,天亦無所施其技倆矣。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第73则
Caigentan, Entry 73
天地之氣,暖則生,寒則殺。故性氣清冷者,受享亦涼薄。唯和氣熱心之人,其福亦厚,其澤亦長。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第74则
Caigentan, Entry 74
天理路上甚寬,稍游心,胸中便覺高明廣大; 人欲路上甚窄,纔寄跡,眼前俱是荊棘泥塗。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第76则
Caigentan, Entry 76
心不可不虛,虛則義理來居; 心不可不實,實則物欲不入。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第77则
Caigentan, Entry 77
地之穢者多生物,水之清者常無魚。故君子當存含垢納污之量,不可持好潔獨行之操。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第82则
Caigentan, Entry 82
氣象要高曠,而不可疏狂; 心思要縝密,而不可瑣屑; 趣味要沖澹,而不可偏枯; 操守要嚴明,而不可激烈。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第85则
Caigentan, Entry 85
貧家淨掃地,貧女淨梳頭,景花雖不豔麗,氣度自是風雅。士君子一當窮愁寥落,奈何輒自廢弛哉。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第86则
Caigentan, Entry 86
閒中不放過,忙處有受用; 靜中不落空,動處有受用; 暗中不欺隱,明處有受用。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第88则
Caigentan, Entry 88
靜中念慮澄澈,見心之真體; 閒中氣象從容,識心之真機; 淡中意趣沖夷,得心之真味。 觀心證道,無如此三者。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第89则
Caigentan, Entry 89
靜中靜非真靜,動處靜得來,纔是性天之真境; 樂纔樂非真樂,苦中樂得來,纔見心體之真機。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第90则
Caigentan, Entry 90
捨己毋處其疑,處其疑,即所舍之志多愧矣; 施人無責其報,責其報,並所施之心俱非矣。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第91则
Caigentan, Entry 91
天薄我以福,吾厚吾德以迓之; 天勞我以形,吾逸吾心以補之; 天阨我以遇,吾亨吾道以通之。天且奈我何哉。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第92则
Caigentan, Entry 92
貞士無心徼福,天即就無心處牖其衷; 憸人著意避禍,天即就著意中奪其魄。 可見天之機權最神,人之智巧何益。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第93则
Caigentan, Entry 93
聲妓晚歲從良,一世之烟花無礙; 貞婦白頭失守,半生之消苦俱非。 語云:「看人只看後半截。」真名言也。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第94则
Caigentan, Entry 94
平民肯種德施惠,便是無位的公相; 士夫徒貪權市寵,竟成有爵的乞人。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第96则
Caigentan, Entry 96
君子而詐善,無異小人之肆惡; 君子而改節,不及小人之自新。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第97则
Caigentan, Entry 97
家人有過,不宜暴怒,不宜輕棄。此事難言,借他事隱諷之;今日不悟,俟來日再警之。如春風解凍,如和氣消冰,纔是家庭的型範。
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Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第98则
Caigentan, Entry 98
此心常看得圓滿,天下自無缺憾之世界; 此心常放得寬平,天下自無險側之人情。
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