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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资

On efficient drilling and discipline, men's success as individuals, and as societies entirely depends. The most self-dependent man is under discipline,--and the more perfect the discipline, the more complete his condition. A man must drill his desires, and keep them under subjection,--he must obey the word of command, otherwise he is the sport of passion and impulse. The religions man's life is full of discipline and self-restraint. The man of business is entirely subject to system and rule. The happiest home is that where the discipline is the most perfect, and yet where it is the least felt. We at length become subject to it as to a law of Nature, and while it binds us firmly, yet we feel it not. The force of Habit is but the force of Drill.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 276 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

个人和社会的成功,都取决于有效的操练和纪律。最自立的人也要受纪律约束,纪律越完善,他的状态就越完整。人必须训练自己的欲望,把它们置于控制之下,服从命令,否则就会成为激情和冲动的玩物。宗教徒的生活充满纪律和自制,生意人完全服从系统和规则。最幸福的家庭是纪律最完善却又最不让人感到束缚的家庭。我们最终会像服从自然规律一样服从纪律,它牢牢约束我们,我们却感觉不到。习惯的力量其实就是操练的力量。

上下文

斯迈尔斯在《节俭》结尾把纪律从军事、工业延伸到个人欲望、商业和家庭生活,强调自律是幸福的基础。

今日一问

我能否把一项该做的事变成像自然规律一样感觉不到束缚的习惯?

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