Inadvertant Buddhists

*"Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections." -- Anonymous, inadvertent Buddhist

"人高兴不是因为一切都完美, 而是因为会把眼光放远一些, 超越不完美之处." -- 无名洋人, 无意中的佛家


*"We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine." -- H.L. Mencken, inadvertent Buddhist

"我们在此地, 时为现时; 此外人类的知识都是空谈." -- 门肯, 无意中的佛家


*"When ideas fail, words come in very handy." -- Goethe, inadvertent Buddhist

"想法失败时, 词语很管用." -- 歌德, 无意中的佛家


*"The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes -- ah, that is where the music resides." -- Artur Schnabel (1882-1951), inadvertent Buddhist

"声调我处理得不比别的钢琴家好. 但至于声调间隔的空间 -- 啊, 那正是音乐所在之处." Artur Schnabel -- 无意中的佛家


*"Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within." -- Arthur Erickson, inadvertent Buddhist

"为了乔装内在的空虚, 幻景是必要的." -- 阿瑟·埃里克森, 无意中的佛家


*"We cannot let another person into our hearts or minds unless we empty ourselves. We can truly listen to him or truly hear her only out of emptiness." -- M. Scott Peck, inadvertent Buddhist

"我们的心灵容不下别人, 除非先把自己倒空. 只有在空虚中才能全心全意听取别人." -- M. Scott Peck, 无意中的佛家


*"Avarice is the sphincter of the heart." -- Matthew Greene, inadvertent Buddhist

"贪欲是心的括约肌" -- Matthew Greene, 无意中的佛家


*"He does not possess wealth; it possesses him." -- Benjamin Franklin, inadvertent Buddhist

"不是他拥有财富; 是财富拥有他." -- 本杰明·富兰克林, 无意中的佛家


*"It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow." -- Benjamin Franklin, inadvertent Buddhist

"镇压初次的欲望容易; 满足随后的难." -- 本杰明·富兰克林, 无意中的佛家


*"People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of things." -- Epictetus, inadvertent Buddhist

"事物不打扰人, 人被自己对事物的观点打扰." -- 埃皮克提图, 无意中的佛家


*"Our necessities never equal our wants." -- Benjamin Franklin, inadvertent Buddhist

"我们需要的从来跟不上我们想要的." -- 本杰明·富兰克林, 无意中的佛家


*"I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances." -- Martha Washington, inadvertent Buddhist

"经验告诉我, 我们的快乐或忧患大部分不靠我们的情境, 而靠我们的性情." Martha Washington (乔治·华盛顿夫人), 无意中的佛家


*"The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind." -- William James, inadvertent Buddhist

"我这一代最伟大的发现是: 人能改变思想状态, 就能改变生活状态." -- 威廉·詹姆斯, 无意中的佛家


*"It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them." -- Benjamin Franklin, inadvertent Buddhist

"预防恶习容易; 消除恶习难." -- 本杰明·富兰克林, 无意中的佛家


*"Everything is and is not, for everything is fluid , is constantly changing , constantly coming into being and passing away." -- Heraclitus, inadvertant Buddhist/Taoist

"万物既存在又不存在, 因为都有流体性, 万物随时在变化, 老在形成老在过去." -- 赫拉克利特, 无意中的佛家/道家


*He who binds to himself a joy

doth the winged life destroy

but he who kisses joy as it flies

lives in Eternity's sunrise.

--Willam Blake, inadvertent Buddhist


*"Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants." -- Benjamin Franklin, inadvertent Buddhist

“金钱从来没让人愉快,也永远不会, 因为它本性没有产生愉快的内容。它只是越有越要的东西。” -- 本杰明·富兰克林, 无意中的佛家


*"To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly."

-- Benjamin Franklin, inadvertent Buddhist

"光凭着信仰跟从等于盲目跟从." -- 本杰明·富兰克林, 无意中的佛家


*"Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed." -- Benjamin Franklin, inadvertent Cofucianist/Taoist/Buddhist (the Middle Path)

"法令过分宽容则少有人守法; 过分严厉则少有人执行." -- 本杰明·富兰克林, 无意中的孺/道/佛家


*"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." -- Benjamin Franklin, inadvertent Buddhist

"我们生来都无知识, 可得相当努力才能保持迷惑." -- 本杰明·富兰克林, 无意中的佛家


*"It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel

the impotence of wealth." -- Benjamin Franklin, inadvertent Buddhist

"只有生病的时候,富人才充分感到富裕的无能。-- 本杰明·富兰克林, 无意中的道家/佛家


*"When you're finished changing, you're finished." -- Benjamin Franklin, inadvertent Taoist/Buddhist

"人变完了, 人也完了." -- 本杰明·富兰克林, 无意中的道家/佛家


*"Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it." -- Benjamin Franklin, inadvertent Buddhist

"拥有不算富有, 享有才算." -- 本杰明·富兰克林, 无意中的佛家


*"We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine." -- H.L. Mencken, inadvertent Buddhist

“我们在此, 时为现时; 此外人类的知识都是空谈.” -- H.L. 门肯, 无意中的佛家


*"Let us try what love can do to mend this broken world." – Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, inadvertent Buddhist

“咱们试试看,用爱心来修补这破损的世界怎么样.” -- 拉比 沙龙·可来因宝恩, 无意中的佛家


*"Very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking." – Marcus Aurelius, inadvertent Buddhist

“过幸福日子所需要的其实很少。条件都在你心里,在你思维方式.” -- 馬爾庫斯·奧列里烏斯, 无意中的佛家


*Human beings can alter lives by altering attitudes of mind. --William James, inadvertent Buddhist

人能改变思想状态, 就能改变生活状态.” -- 威廉.詹姆斯, 无意中的佛家


*"It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them."

-- Benjamin Franklin, inadvertent Buddhist

“预防恶习容易; 消除恶习难.” -- 本杰明·富兰克林, 无意中的佛家


*"It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow." -- Benjamin Franklin, inadvertent Buddhist

“镇压初次的欲望容易; 满足随后的难.” -- 本杰明·富兰克林, 无意中的佛家


*"Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants." -- Benjamin Franklin, inadvertent Buddhist

“金钱从来没让人感到满足,也不会让人感到满足,因为它的本质没有产生满足感的. 人越有钱越感到不够用.” -- 本杰明·富兰克林, 无意中的佛家


*"Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed." -- Benjamin Franklin, inadvertent Confucianist/Taoist/Buddhist (All advocate "the Middle Path")

“法令过分宽容则少有人守法; 过分严厉则少有人执行.” -- 本杰明·富兰克林, 无意中的孺/道/佛家 (都提倡“中庸”)


*"The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory." --Thomas Jefferson, inadvertent Buddhist

“人一形成理論, 他想像之中的東西都具有支持他那理論的特色.” -- 傑佛逊, 無意中的佛家

*"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional." -- Cheri Huber, inadvertent Buddhist

“痛是不可避免的. 苦是可選擇性的.” -- 雪麗·休伯 , 無意中的佛家


*"Forever is composed of nows." -- Emily Dickinson, inadvertent Buddhist

“永恒就是由当今构成的.” -- 艾米莉·迪金森, 无意中的佛家


*"We are disturbed not by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us." -- Epictetus, inadvertent Buddhist

"我们感到不安, 不是因为我们出事, 而是来自我们关于出事的思考." -- 伊匹克悌忒斯, 无意中的佛家


*“Je pense donc je suis.” [I think, therefore I exist.] -- René Descartes, inadvertent Buddhist

“我思故我在” -- 笛卡尔, 无意中的佛家

*"Je pense que je pense, donc je pense que je suis." -- anonymous skeptic's commentary on René Descartes comment

“我思我思, 故我思我在” -- 怀疑论者对笛卡尔的评论



*"Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely." -- Karen Kaiser Clark, inadvertent Buddhist

“生命就是变化. 成长与否由你决定. 明智地选择吧.” -- 凯伦·凯莎·克拉克, 无意中的佛家


*"Information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, wisdom is not truth, truth is not beauty, beauty is not love." -- Frank Zappa, inadvertent Buddhist

“信息不等于知识,知识不等于智慧,智慧不等于真理,真理不等于美,美不等于爱.” -- 法兰克·砸帕, 无意中的佛家


*"The mind has great influence over the body, and maladies often have their origin there." -- Moliere (1622-1673), inadvertent Buddhist

“脑海对身体的影响可大, 疾病的起源多在此.” -- 莫里哀, 无意中的佛家


*"Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold, the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul." --Democritus (460?-370? BC), inadvertent Buddhist

“幸福感不在于财产, 不在于黄金, 幸福感在于灵魂.” -- 德谟克利特, 无意中的佛家


*"Forgiveness… is the finishing of old business that allows us to experience the present, free of contamination from the past." -- Joan Borysenko, inadvertent Buddhist

“饶恕...等于清结旧帐, 好让我们经历一个没有昨日污染的今天.” -- 琼恩·波利森科, 无意中的佛家


*"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." -- Albert Camus, inadvertent Buddhist

“在严冬中, 我终于发现本身深处藏着一个无敌的夏天.” -- 加缪, 无意中的佛家


*"For it is in giving we receive;

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;

It is in dying to self that we are born to eternal life."

-- Saint Francis of Assisi, inadvertent Buddhist

“在施与中我们获得取; 在宽容中我们被宽恕; 在舍己中我们进入永生.” -- 阿西西的圣方济, 无意中的佛家


*“Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.” -- Ann Landers, inadvertent Buddhist

“抓住怨恨不放手, 就等于让仇人免租无期地住在你心里.” -- 安·兰德丝, 无意中的佛家


*I see life in terms of transformation: matter being transformed into life, life into consciousness, consciousness into Divine Experience. -- Bede Griffiths, inadvertent Buddhist

“我用转型来了解生命: 物质变成生命, 生命变成觉悟, 觉悟变成神圣的感受.” -- 贝德·格里夫斯, 无意中的佛家


*“Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.” -- Anonymous, inadvertent Buddhist

“有时要放开了才知道值不值得保持.” -- 无名氏, 无意中的佛家


*“A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror.” -- Ken Keyes Jr., inadvertent Buddhist

“有爱心的人栖居有爱心的世界. 有敌意的人栖居有敌意的世界. 所遇见的都是自己的镜子.” -- 肯·凯斯, 无意中的佛家


*"Everything in the universe is related; we are all connected; from stardust to human flesh, we vibrate with the same elements of the universe. The web of life is infused by spirit, and each one of us has the power to use that creative energy to manifest our potential." -- Rudolfo Anaya, inadvertent Buddhist

“宇宙的一切成分都相关;我们都是连接的;从星尘到人肉,我们都跟宇宙其它的元素同步颤动着. 生活网灌输着精神,我们个个人都能用此创新力来显现自己的潜能.” -- 鲁道夫·安纳亚, 无意中的佛家


*"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength." -- Corrie Ten Boom, inadvertent Buddhist

“担忧不会开除明天的悲哀;开除的反而是今天的劲力.” -- 彭柯丽, 无意中的佛家


*"Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love." -- Leo Buscaglia, inadvertent Buddhist

“别贴住愤怒, 委屈或疼痛. 否则它们会偷走你的劲力, 阻止你的爱心.” -- 巴斯卡力, 无意中的佛家


*"I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him." -- Booker T. Washington, inadvertent Buddhist

“我不许任何人引起我对他的讨厌, 因而让我的灵魂狭隘又降解.” -- 布克·华盛顿, 无意中的佛家


*“If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm any hostility.” -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, inadvertent Buddhist

“只要能看到敌人的秘史, 我们会在每人的生活经历中发现的悲伤与痛苦足够解除任何敌意.” -- 亨利·沃兹沃思·朗费罗, 无意中的佛家


*"Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved." -- Marcus Antonius, inadvertent Buddhist

“考虑一下, 愤怒与悲痛给你带来的苦难是否比当初让你感到愤怒与悲痛难受得多?” -- 安东尼阿斯, 无意中的佛家


*“He who angers you conquers you.” -- Elizabeth Kenny, inadvertent Buddhist

“让你生气的人等于克服了你” -- 伊莉萨白·肯尼, 无意中的佛家


*"Anger begins with folly and ends with repentance." -- Pythagoras, inadvertent Buddhist

“愤怒以愚蠢开头, 以悔改结尾.” -- 毕达哥拉斯, 无意中的佛家


*“Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.” -- James Thurber, inadvertent Buddhist

“我们不要在愤怒中回顾往事, 或在恐惧中展望未来, 反而要在意识中体味现在.” -- 詹姆斯·瑟伯, 无意中的佛家


*"Anger blows out the lamp of the mind." -- Robert Green Ingersoll, inadvertent Buddhist

“愤怒把头脑的灯吹灭了.” -- 罗伯特·格林·英格索尔, 无意中的佛家

*"Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you." -- Horace, inadvertent Buddhist

“愤怒是一時的疯狂, 你不控制怒气, 它會控制你.” -- 贺拉斯, 无意中的佛家


*"Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest." -- Pope Paul VI, inadvertent Buddhist

“憤怒是扔到黃蜂窩里的石頭” -- 保罗六世教皇, 無意中的佛家


*"Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless." -- Eric Hoffer, inadvertent Buddhist

“憐憫是靈魂的抗毒素: 有憐憫在, 連最毒的衝動都相當無害” -- 埃里克·霍弗, 無意中的佛家


*"Compassion is the basis of all morality." -- Arthur Schopenhauer, inadvertent Buddhist

“憐憫是所有道德的基礎” -- 亞瑟·叔本華, 無意中的佛家


*"Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgement of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you're going to do about it." -- Kathleen Casey Theisen, inadvertent Buddhist

“無怨接受不等於降伏, 而是承認情況的事實, 然後決定要怎麼樣對付它.” -- 凯瑟琳·凯西·泰森, 無意中的佛家


*“Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be helped; acceptance makes that distinction. Apathy paralyzes the will-to-action; acceptance frees it by relieving it of impossible burdens." -- Arthur Gordon, inadvertent Buddhist

“有人把無怨接受的精神與冷漠混為一談, 但其有天壤之別. 冷漠心態不分清 ‘有辦法’ 與 ‘沒辦法’; 無怨接受的精神就有此辨別. 冷漠心態會麻痹了採取行動的毅力; 無怨接受的心態會開除沈重的負擔而解放毅力” -- 阿瑟·戈登, 無意中的佛家


*“Change your thoughts and you change your world.” — Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993), inadvertent Buddhist

“改了思考方式, 你就改了你的世界.” -- 諾曼·文森特·皮爾, 無意中的佛家


*“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.” -- Albert Schweitzer (The Philosophy of Civilization), inadvertent Buddhist

“人得把自己的慈悲圈擴展到眾生, 自己才會感到安寧.” -- 史懷哲, 無意中的佛家


*Everything we do

crumbles to the ground and blows away.

We’re dust in the wind. — The Eagles, inadvertent Buddhists

“我們做的一切

都被粉碎而吹開.

我們是風中塵.” -- 老鷹樂隊, 無意中的佛家


*“It's not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.” -- Hans Selye, inadvertent Buddhist

"害我们的不是压力, 是我们对压力的反应法." -- Hans Selye, 无意中的佛家


*We need illusion to disguise the emptiness that resides within. -- Arthur Erickson, inadvertent Buddhist

“我們需要幻想來偽裝我們內在的空虛.” -- 阿瑟·埃里克森, 無意中的佛家


*"Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future." -- Fulton Oursler, inadvertent Buddhist

“我們許多人把自己釘在兩個賊之間的十字架上 -- 過去的後悔與未來的擔心.” -- 富爾頓·奧斯勒, 無意中的佛家


*"He who feels no compassion will become insane." -- Hassidic inadvertent Buddhist

“沒有憐憫心的人會發神經病.” -- 哈西德派無意中的佛家


*"The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another." -- Thomas Merton, inadvertent Buddhist

“憐憫心起碼的意義基於眾生依存的敏銳意識, 都是彼此的組成部分, 都互相參與.” -- 湯瑪斯·默頓, 無意中的佛家


*"Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." -- Albert Einstein, inadvertent Buddhist

“我們的任務必得是:要把憐憫圈子擴大到能包括眾生與大自然之美妙, 才能從自己的監獄解脫出來.“ -- 愛因斯坦, 無意中的佛家


*"I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics." -- Albert Schweitzer, inadvertent Buddhist

“我不能不恭敬眾生. 我不能不憐憫眾生. 這是倫理的開端, 倫理的基礎.” -- 史懷哲, 無意中的佛家


*“If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase.” — Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD), inadvertent Buddhist

“你不想易於生氣, 就別飼養那壞習慣; 別給憤怒任何增長的機會.” -- 埃皮克提图, 无意中的佛家


*“Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.”

Mario Puzo (author of 'The Godfather’), inadvertent Buddhist

“別生人家的氣. 別威脅人家. 跟人家講道理.” -- 马里奥·普佐 (教父的作者), 無意中的佛家


*“The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.” — Marcus Aurelius, inadvertent Buddhist

“宇宙就是變化; 生命是我們的思維想出來的.” -- 馬爾庫斯·奧列里烏斯, 無意中的佛家


*“I am part of the sun as my eye is part of me. That I am part of the earth my feet know perfectly, and my blood is part of the sea. There is not any part of me that is alone and absolute except my mind, and we shall find that the mind has no existence by itself, it is only the glitter of the sun on the surfaces of the water.” -- D. H. Lawrence, inadvertent Buddhist

“我屬於太陽, 好比我眼睛屬於我. 我也屬於地面, 我的腳明明知道, 而且我的血屬於大海. 除了心思以外, 我沒有任何組成部分能說是絕對獨立的, 而我們將要發現連心思都沒有獨自的存在, 它只是太陽在水面上的閃耀.” -- 劳伦斯, 無意中的佛家


*“All human beings are interconnected, one with all other elements in creation.” -- Henry Reed, inadvertent Buddhist

“凡是人都互联互通, 和天地萬物組成一體.” -- 亨利·瑞德, 無意中的佛家


*“Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others” -- Elbert Hubbard, inadvertent Buddhist

“在內心深處, 智者都明白這個道理: 樂於助人是唯一的助己方式.” -- 艾伯特·哈伯德, 無意中的佛家


*“Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” -- Seneca, inadvertent Buddhist

“憤怒: 一種酸性物質, 對貯存器皿的害大於傾瀉對象的.” -- 塞內卡, 無意中的佛家


*“True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.” -- Seneca, inadvertent Buddhist

“真正的幸福是... 不擔憂未來的條件而欣賞當今.” -- 塞內卡, 無意中的佛家


*“This body is not a home but an inn, and that only briefly.” -- Seneca, inadvertent Buddhist

“此身不是家, 而是小旅館, 也是臨時住的.” -- 塞內卡, 無意中的佛家


*“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.” -- Seneca, inadvertent Buddhist

“新的開始都來自別的開始的結束.” -- 塞內卡, 無意中的佛家


*“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.” -- Seneca, inadvertent Buddhist

“立即活着吧, 而且把個別的日子視為個別的生命.” -- 塞內卡, 無意中的佛家


*“The wise man will love; all others will desire.” -- Lucius Afranius, inadvertent Buddhist

“智者有愛心; 其他都有欲望” -- 阿弗拉尼乌斯, 無意中的佛家


*“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.” -- Aristotle, inadvertent Buddhist

“我認為克服自己的欲望者比克服敵人者勇敢.” -- 亞里斯多德, 無意中的佛家


*“It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.” -- Aristotle, inadvertent Buddhist

“欲望的本性是不知足的, 大多數的人只是為了滿足它而活的.” -- 亞里斯多德, 無意中的佛家

*“How helpless we are, like netted birds, when we are caught by desire!” -- Belva Plain, inadvertent Buddhist

“我們是如此沒救的! 當我們被欲望捕獲後, 好比落網的鳥.” -- 碧娃·普兰, 無意中的佛家


*“He who desires is always poor.” -- Claudianus, inadvertent Buddhist

“有欲望者總是窮.” -- 克勞定納氏, 無意中的佛家


"Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied." -- Henry George, inadvertent Buddhist


"There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontentment. And there is no greater disaster than greed." -- Lao Zi, inadvertent Buddhist


*“When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.” -- Nicole Kidman, inadvertent Buddhist [in The Scotsman]

“放棄控制未來的願望時, 你能獲得更多幸福.” -- 妮可·基德曼, 無意中的佛家


*“Envy is the ulcer of the soul.” -- Socrates, inadvertent Buddhist

“忌妒是靈魂的潰瘍” -- 蘇格拉底, 無意中的佛家


*“So I am living without fats, without meat, without fish, but am feeling quite well this way. It always seems to me that man was not born to be a carnivore.” — Albert Einstein, inadvertent Buddhist (from a letter written to Hans Muehsam, and dated March 30, 1954)

“結果我現在不吃脂肪, 不吃肉, 不吃魚, 但這樣我感覺很好. 我老覺得人類不是生來要吃肉的.” -- 爱因斯坦, 無意中的佛家


*“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”

— Albert Einstein, inadvertent Buddhist

“實際只不過是一種幻想, 儘管是那麼固執的.” -- 愛因斯坦, 無意中的佛家


*“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.” — Albert Einstein, inadvertent Buddhist

“和平是不能強迫保持的. 要通過領悟才達到的.” -- 愛因斯坦, 無意中的佛家


*“Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.” — Albert Einstein, inadvertent Buddhist

“愤怒只会寄生於傻瓜的襟懷” -- 愛因斯坦, 無意中的佛家


*“People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.” — Albert Einstein, inadvertent Buddhist

“像我們篤信物理學的人都知道,過去、現在和未來之間的區別,只不過是個非常固執的幻想.” -- 愛因斯坦, 無意中的佛家


*“Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.” — Albert Einstein, inadvertent Buddhist [in Associated Press, April 15, 2005, “100 Years Ago, Einstein Changed Everything,”]

“你一旦能接受宇宙為實物膨脹成有物體性的虛無, 之後你穿條文配格子就很容易.” -- 愛因斯坦, 無意中的佛家


*“I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.” -- John Stuart Mill, inadvertent Buddhist

“我想通了: 尋求快樂, 與其試圖滿足欲望, 不如限制它們.” -- 約翰穆勒, 無意中的佛家


*“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.” — Helen Keller, inadvertent Buddhist

“世界雖然充滿痛苦, 但也充滿克服痛苦. -- 海伦·凯勒, 無意中的佛家


*“If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, inadvertent Buddhist

"如果能讀到敵人的秘史, 我們會發現每人生活裡的悲傷與痛苦足夠解除所有敵意" -- 亨利·沃茲沃思·朗費羅, 無意中的佛家


*“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” -- Aesop, inadvertent Buddhist

“任何善良的行動, 不管多麼微小, 都不是白做的.” -- 伊索, 無意中的佛家


*“I do not want the peace that passeth understanding. I want the understanding which bringeth peace.” -- Helen Keller, inadvertent Buddhist

“我才不要那種超越理解的和平. 我要那種產生和平的理解.” -- 海伦·凯勒, 無意中的佛家


*“Compassion is the basis of all morality.” -- Arthur Schopenhauer, inadvertent Buddhist

“慈悲是所有道德的基礎.” -- 亞瑟·叔本華, 無意中的佛家


*“Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.” -- John Tillotson, inadvertent Buddhist

“無知與不仁是人類敗壞的兩大原因.” -- 約翰·體落特森, 無意中的佛家


*“Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.” -- Plato, inadvertent Buddhist

“無知是種種罪惡之根與梗.” -- 柏拉圖, 無意中的佛家


*“Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other.” -- Judy Collins, inadvertent Buddhist

“經歷的意義等於生活怎麼樣跟上我們, 並教訓我們要互相愛護, 互相原諒.” -- 茱蒂·柯琳絲, 無意中的佛家


*“The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.” -- Kahlil Gibran, inadvertent Buddhist

“有智慧的大師不叫你進入他的智慧門, 他反而給你領到自己的智慧門檻.” -- 卡里·紀伯倫, 無意中的佛家


*“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.” -- Groucho Marx, inadvertent Buddhist

“今天我的高興不高興, 全由我決定. 我有選擇權. 昨天過去了, 明天還沒到. 我只有今天這一天, 我要取樂於當今.” -- 格勞喬·馬克斯, 無意中的佛家


*“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.” -- Albert Schweitzer, inadvertent Buddhist

“經常實行仁慈的好處很多. 好比太陽能使冰融化, 仁慈能讓誤會, 懷疑和敵意蒸發.” -- 愛因斯坦, 無意中的佛家


*“The act of acting morally is behaving as if everything we do matters.” -- Gloria Steinem, inadvertent Buddhist

“實行道德等於承認我們的行為有後果.” -- 葛羅莉亞·史坦能, 無意中的佛家


*“In this world everything changes except good deeds and bad deeds; these follow you as the shadow follows the body.” -- Anonymous Western inadvertent Buddhist

“世間 除了善行與惡行以外, 什麼都會變. 善行與惡行跟着我們好比影貼身一樣.” -- 無名西人, 無意中的佛家


*“When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.” -- Abraham Lincoln, inadvertent Buddhist

“我行善, 就感到舒服; 我行惡, 就感到後悔. 這就是我的宗教.” -- 亚伯拉罕·林肯, 無意中的佛家


*“Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.” -- Harry Emerson Fosdick, inadvertent Buddhist

“懷恨好比為了除掉耗子而燒毀自己的家.” -- 哈里·愛默生·福斯迪克, 無意中的佛家


*“Look not back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around you in awareness.” -- Ross Hersey, inadvertent Buddhist

“人生無須在憤怒中回顧, 也不必在恐懼中前視, 只要在清醒中環顧.” -- 蘿絲·赫許, 無意中的佛家


*“I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.” -- Leonardo da Vinci, inadvertent Buddhist

“我自幼誓絕肉食. 將來有朝一日, 我們會看待動物的謀殺與人的謀殺一樣.” -- 達芬奇, 無意中的佛家


*“A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my inner world which had been lying fallow, and this love of humanity vented itself in a vast compassion.” -- George Brandes, inadvertent Buddhist

“當時我充滿了對人類的愛, 給我休閑的心田灌溉又施肥了, 於是對人類的博愛放出了一種無窮的慈悲心.” -- 喬治·勃蘭地, 無意中的佛家


*“And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things.” -- Martin Scorsese, inadvertent Buddhist

“而我越是年老的, 越傾向於尋求有善良, 容忍, 憐憫, 溫柔性格的人.” -- 馬丁·斯科塞斯, 無意中的佛家


*“At the end of the day, love and compassion will win.” -- Terry Waite, inadvertent Buddhist

“最終, 愛心與慈悲會贏得.” -- 特里·韋特, 無意中的佛家


*“Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.” -- Francis Schaeffer, inadvertent Buddhist

“沒有慈悲的正統神學肯定是天下最醜陋的東西.” -- 薛華, 無意中的佛家


*“But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion.” -- Amy Grant, inadvertent Buddhist

“按我自己的經驗, 經歷過痛苦的, 艱難時世的人都充滿慈悲.” -- 艾美·葛蘭特, 無意中的佛家


*“Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.” -- Eric Hoffer, inadvertent Buddhist

“在我們心裡繼續不斷的善惡交流中, 只有慈悲心才凸顯.” -- 埃里克·霍弗, 無意中的佛家


*“Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.” -- Mason Cooley, inadvertent Buddhist

“慈悲心讓我們停留片刻, 而我們那片刻超越自我.” -- 馬松·庫利, 無意中的佛家


*“Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food.” -- Joseph Butler, inadvertent Buddhist

“慈悲是大自然的一種號召, 讓我們救濟不愉快者, 好比飢餓是大自然讓人找食物的號召.” -- 約瑟夫·巴特勒, 無意中的佛家


*“Compassion is a two way street.” -- Frank Capra, inadvertent Buddhist

“慈悲是一種雙向街道.” -- 弗蘭克·卡普拉, 無意中的佛家


*“Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.” -- Hubert H. Humphrey, inadvertent Buddhist

“慈悲不等於虛弱, 關心不幸者也不是社會主義.” -- 休伯特·漢弗萊, 無意中的佛家


*“We do not live in reality; we live in our paradigms, our habituated perceptions, our illusions.” -- William Irwin Thompson, inadvertent Buddhist

“我們不住在現實; 我們住在我們的范例, 我們養成習慣的感知, 我們的幻想裏邊” -- 汤普森, 無意中的佛家


*“Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion.” -- Major Owens, inadvertent Buddhist

“競爭算是多麼大的美德, 大家多麼急着捲入競賽, 誰都沒有時間培養憐憫.” -- 歐文斯議員, 無意中的佛家


*“Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding.” -- Louis Gerstner, inadvertent Buddhist

“電腦, 為了實現我們的夢想, 真是偉大的工具, 但是天下沒有機器能代替人的心靈,慈悲,愛心,與諒解的火花.” -- 路易斯·郭士納, 無意中的佛家


*“Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.” -- David O. McKay, inadvertent Buddhist

“愛心與慈悲之光進入了人的靈魂之後, 幸福與和平才會來到世界.” -- 麥基奧大衛, 無意中的佛家


*“Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.” -- Giovanni Boccaccio, inadvertent Buddhist

“對不幸福的人給予慈悲才是人道.” -- 卜伽丘, 無意中的佛家


*“If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.” -- Francis of Assisi, inadvertent Buddhist

“要是有人會阻止造物主的任何生物享受憐憫與慈悲的庇護,他們就會同樣對待自己的同類.” -- 阿西西的圣方济, 無意中的佛家


*“The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.” -- Senator Everett Dirksen, inadvertent Buddhist

“要勸服人的話, 頭腦敵不過心靈; 合憲性敵不過慈悲性.” -- 德克森參議員, 無意中的佛家



*“Deep down even the most hardened criminal is starving for the same thing that motivates the innocent baby: Love and acceptance.” -- Lily Fairchilde, inadvertent Buddhist

“在內心深處, 不知悔改的罪犯與天真無罪的娃娃都有同樣渴望的動機: 慈愛與認可.” -- 莉麗·費爾蔡爾德, 無意識的佛家


*“Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future.” -- Fulton Oursler, inadvertent Buddhist

“我們很多人把自己處死於兩個賊的中間: 過去的後悔與未來的害怕.” -- 富爾頓·奧斯勒, 無意中的佛家


*“People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.” -- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, inadvertent Buddhist

“人很像彩绘玻璃窗: 出太陽的時候他會閃光發亮, 但他真實之美, 有了內在光明, 才會展現.” -- 伊莉莎白·库伯勒·萝丝, 無意中的佛家


*“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” -- Carl Rogers, inadvertent Buddhist

“最希奇的悖論是這樣: 我一接受自己的現狀, 就能改變.” -- 卡爾·羅傑斯, 無意中的佛家


*“It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.” -- Bertrand Russell, inadvertent Buddhist

“阻止我們過自在的, 高尚的日子最大的障礙不外乎我們全神貫注財產.” -- 伯特蘭·羅素, 無意中的佛家


*“The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept.” -- D. H. Lawrence, inadvertent Buddhist

“人的腦子裡能出任何斷言, 並自稱已證明過. 我的信念, 先試用於自身, 試用於自己的直覺意識. 有了自身感應之後我才接受.” -- 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯, 無意中的佛家


*“Perhaps the most important thing we can undertake toward the reduction of fear is to make it easier for people to accept themselves, to like themselves.” -- Bonaro W. Overstreet, inadvertent Buddhist

“想要給人減少害怕最重要的辦法也許是幫他們比較容易接受自己, 喜歡自己.” -- 卜拿若·歐法奇特, 無意中的佛家


*“I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.” -- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, inadvertent Buddhist

“我認為我們要獨自負責自己的抉擇, 而且還要接受我們平生行為, 話語和思維的後果.” -- 伊莉莎白·库伯勒·萝丝, 無意中的佛家


*“Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?” — Rumi, inadvertent Buddhist

“你要倒空煩惱. 細想,到底思維是誰發明的! 監獄的門大開着, 你為什麼偏要留在裡邊?” -- 鲁米, 無意中的佛家


*“Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. Live in silence.” — Rumi, inadvertent Buddhist

“搬到擔憂思維纏結外. 居住靜中.” -- 鲁米, 無意中的佛家


*“All people on the planet are children, except for a very few. No one is grown up except those free of desire.” — Rumi, inadvertent Buddhist

“地球上的人都是孩子, 除了很少的例外. 只有那些脫離了欲望的才算長大了.” -- 鲁米, 無意中的佛家


*“Kindness trumps greed: it asks for sharing. Kindness trumps fear: it calls forth gratefulness and love. Kindness trumps even stupidity, for with sharing and love, one learns.” -- Marc Estrin, inadvertent Buddhist

“仁慈勝過貪婪: 它要求分享. 仁慈勝過恐懼: 它引起感激與愛心. 仁慈甚至於勝過愚蠢, 因為有了分享與愛心, 就會學.” -- 馬克·挨斯勤, 無意中的佛家



*“We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.” --- Anais Niin, inadvertent Buddhist

"我們所看見的事物不是來自事物的真面目, 而是來自自己的真面目" -- 阿娜伊斯·寧, 無意中的佛家


*“Be happy. It's one way of being wise.” — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, inadvertent Buddhist

“要高興一點. 這是達到明智的方法之一.” -- 西德妮·卡布利埃·葛蕾達, 無意中的佛家


*“It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.” — Epictetus, inadvertent Buddhist

“明智者會自動抵制歡樂, 而愚蠢者卻自願做歡樂的奴隸.” -- 埃皮克提圖, 無意中的佛家


*“It’s not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.” — Henry David Thoreau, inadvertent Buddhist

“關鍵不在你所看的, 而是在你所看得見的.” -- 亨利·大衛·梭羅, 無意中的佛家


*“Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.” — Josh Billings, inadvertent Buddhist

“學問在圖書館裏打着呼嚕瞌睡, 而到處都有智慧, 踮着腳清醒地觀看.” -- 喬希·比林斯, 無意中的佛家


*“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.” — Daniel J. Boorstin, inadvertent Buddhist

“達到明智最大的站障礙不是無知, 而是理解的錯覺.” -- 丹尼爾·布爾斯廷, 無意中的佛家


*“The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.” — Khalil Gibran, inadvertent Buddhist

“真明智的老師不會吩咐你進入他的智慧堂, 他反而給你領路到你自己心靈的門檻.” -- 紀伯倫, 無意中的佛家


*“To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.” — Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV, 1300’s BCE), inadvertent Buddhist

“能夠滿足於渺小的是至高的智慧; 增加財富者也增加自己的憂慮; 知足反而為煩惱找不到的藏寶.” -- 法老阿蒙霍特普四世, 無意中的佛家


*“Wisdom outweighs any wealth.” — Sophocles, inadvertent Buddhist

“智慧比任何財富都寶貴.” -- 索福克勒斯, 無意中的佛家


*“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed.” -- Mohandas K. Gandhi

“大地給我們提供的, 夠滿足大家的需要, 但不夠滿足大家的貪慾.” -- 甘地, 無意中的道家


*“In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.” -- Leonardo da Vinci, inadvertent Buddhist

“在河裏所觸摸的又是流過去的末尾, 又是未來的開頭; 我們當下的時間也如此.” -- 達芬奇, 無意中的佛家



*“An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.” -- Albert Camus, inadvertent Buddhist

“知識分子是一位自己腦海自我觀察的人.” -- 卡繆, 無意中的佛家


*“Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age but they die young.” — Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), inadvertent Buddhist

“愛心深刻的人從來不變老; 他們死於晚年也算夭亡.” -- 阿瑟·溫·皮內羅, 無意中的佛家


*“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.” — Charles Dickens, inadvertent Buddhist

“愛心是最正宗的智慧.” -- 查爾斯·狄更斯, 無意中的佛家


*“There is often wisdom under a shabby coat.” -- Latin proverb used by inadvertent Buddhists

“智慧常穿褴褛衣衫.” -- 拉丁語的格言, 無意中的佛家常用.


*“Try and be a sheet of paper with nothing on it. Be a spot of ground where nothing is growing, where something might be planted, a seed, possibly, from the Absolute.” — Rumi, inadvertent Buddhist

“試著做一張白紙. 做一小塊什麼都沒長的, 還可以種東西的地, 說不定是天贈的種子” -- 魯米, 無意中的佛家


*“The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.” -- Ella Wheeler Wilcox, inadvertent Buddhist

“慈祥是最真實的雄偉, 心悅是最真實的智慧.” -- 威爾考克斯, 無意中的佛家


*“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.” -- Sophocles, inadvertent Buddhist

“有一個字可以給我們解除人生所有的壓力與痛苦: 那就是愛.” -- 索福克勒斯, 無意中的佛家


*“A life lived in love will never be dull.” -- Leo Buscaglia, inadvertent Buddhist

“以愛為主的生活絕對不會過得無聊.” -- 利奧巴士卡力, 無意中的佛家


**“Never underestimate your own ignorance.” — Albert Einstein, inadvertent Buddhist/Taoist

“千萬不要低估自己的無知.” -- 愛因斯坦, 無意中的佛家/道家



*“Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, and have few desires.” -- Lao Zi (Dao De Jing 19), inadvertent Buddhist

“見素抱樸, 少私寡欲” -- 老子(道德經 19), 無意中的佛家


*“A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.” -- Seneca, inadvertent Buddhist

"人認為自己多麼痛苦, 就會多麼痛苦." -- 塞內加, 無意中的佛家


*“Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves.” — J. G. C. Brainard, inadvertent Buddhist

“別恨人; 恨其邪惡, 不恨其人.” -- J.G.C. 伯林納德, 無意中的佛家


*“When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.” -- Peace Pilgrim, inadvertent Buddhist

“自己能安心生活, 才能跟別人和平共存.” -- 和平使者, 無意中的佛家


*“Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.” -- Henry Ward Beecher, inadvertent Buddhist

“憐憫比譴責會處理罪惡.” -- 亨利·沃德·比奇, 無意中的佛家


*“A change in attitude can change your life!” -- Sasha Azevedo, inadvertent Buddhist

“一改變態度,就能改變一生!” -- 薩沙·阿責維斗,無意中的佛家


*“Every time you get angry, you poison your own system.” -- Alfred Montapert, inadvertent Buddhist

“每次讓自己發脾氣,你讓自己中毒.” -- 阿爾弗雷德·門塔珮爾,無意中的佛家


*“Resentment, anger, frustration, worry, disappointment—negative emotional states, justified or not, take a toll on your heart, brain and body. Don't let justified emotions rob your health and well-being.” -- Doc Childre and Howard Martin (HeartMath Solution), inadvertent Buddhists

“怨恨, 憤怒, 阻撓, 擔心, 失望等消極的情緒, 不管多麼有道理, 給心, 腦, 身體都帶來重大損失. 別讓合理的情緒搶奪你的健康與福利。” -- 奇爾德博士與霍華德·馬丁 (心智算數解決方案), 無意中的佛家


*“As long as you can find someone else to blame for anything you are doing, you cannot be held accountable or responsible for your growth or the lack of it.” -- Sun Bear, inadvertent Buddhist

“只要你能找到可以責備的對象, 別人就不能怪你不負責自己的成長.” -- 太陽熊, 無意中的佛家


*“If you are afraid of something, you give it power over you.” -- Moroccan inadvertent Buddhist

“凡是你害怕的, 你就把你的控制權讓給他了.” -- 摩洛哥無名氏, 無意中的佛家


*“We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.” -- Anne Sullivan, inadvertent Buddhist

“我們認為自己想逃脫自私與平凡的生活, 但死也捨不得我們的鐐銬.” -- 安·穌利文, 無意中的佛家


*“You can't punish yourself into change. You can't whip yourself into shape. But you can love yourself into well-being.” — Susan Skye, inadvertent Buddhist

"你不能懲罰自己以致改良. 你不能把自己強制成健康. 你反而可以讓愛惜把自己導致康樂." -- 酥散·斯凱, 無意中的佛家


*“As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.” — Madame de Stael, inadvertent Buddhist

“我們的智慧越增長, 我們越會寬恕.” -- 斯塔爾夫人, 無意中的佛家


*“I think it's naive to pray for world peace if we're not going to change the form in which we live.” — Godfrey Reggio, inadvertent Buddhist

“我覺得為了世界和平祈禱太天真,除非我們願意改變我們的生活方式.” -- 高佛雷·雷吉奧,無意中的佛家


*“Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson, inadvertent Buddhist

“只有自己能給自己帶來平靜.” -- 愛默生, 無意中的佛家


*“How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking.” — David Joseph Schwartz, inadvertent Buddhist

“我們的思考方式透露於我們的行動. 態度反映思考, 是心靈的鏡子.” -- 大衛·約瑟夫·施瓦茲, 無意中的佛家


*“Contentment consists not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.” — Thomas Fuller, inadvertent Buddhist

“知足不來自增加燃料,而來自去掉些火.” -- 托馬斯·福勒, 無意中的佛家


*“The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.” — Doug Larson, inadvertent Buddhist

“天下那麼多人尋求驚人的快樂,卻冷落知足.” -- 道格·拉森,無意中的佛家


*“True contentment comes with empathy.” — Tim Finn, inadvertent Buddhist

“真實的滿意來自同情.” -- 蒂姆,無意中的佛家


*“We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love.” — Mother Teresa, inadvertent Buddhist

“我們在大地上做不了大事,只能用大愛做小事.” -- 特蕾莎修女, 無意中的佛家


*“Truth may sometimes hurt but delusion harms.” — Vanna Bonta, inadvertent Buddhist

“真理有時或痛,但妄想有害.” -- 維娜邦塔, 無意中的佛家


*“Money is just a human invention. I get paid for my work, it's a system of trade, but it's not my purpose and reason for living.” — Vanna Bonta, inadvertent Buddhist

“錢只是人類的一種發明。我作工而領薪,這是一種交易體系,而不是我生活的目的和理由.” -- 維娜邦塔, 無意中的佛家


*“The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.” — Nikos Kazantzakis, inadvertent Buddhist

“啟蒙的真正意義是以明目凝視黑暗.” -- 卡贊札基斯, 無意中的佛家


*“Love takes no sides but understands them all.” — Vanna Bonta, inadvertent Buddhist

“慈爱不偏倚某方而領會各方.” -- 維娜邦塔, 無意中的佛家


*“Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.”

— Bill Richardson, inadvertent Buddhist

“無知歷來是暴君的武器; 覺悟是自由的救恩.” -- 比爾理查森, 無意中的佛家


*“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” -- Aesop, inadvertent Buddhist

“任何善舉, 不管多麼小, 不會是白做的.” -- 伊索, 無意中的佛家


*“I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.” — Nikos Kazantzakis, inadvertent Buddhist

“我什麼都不希冀. 我什麼都不害怕. 我解放了.” -- 卡贊扎基, 無意中的佛家


*“Any leader who doesn't support the heart of evolving humanity is not a leader worthy of being followed.” — Vanna Bonta, inadvertent Buddhist

"凡是做領導而不支持人類進化的核心問題, 是不值得跟隨的領導." -- 維娜邦塔, 無意中的佛家


*“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that…” -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., inadvertent Buddhist

“黑暗不會驅逐黑暗, 只有光亮才會. 仇恨不會驅逐仇恨, 只有愛心才會.” -- 馬丁·路德·金, 無意中的佛家


*“Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.” — Vanna Bonta, inadvertent Buddhist

“謙遜是放棄自豪而保持尊嚴的能力.” -- 維娜邦塔, 無意中的佛家


*“Anger is a wound gone mad.” — Vanna Bonta, inadvertent Buddhist

“憤怒是發了瘋的傷口.” -- 維娜邦塔, 無意中的佛家


*“The great thing about knowing you're wrong is the moment you realize it, you're right.” — Vanna Bonta, inadvertent Buddhist

“知道自己錯了的好處是你一意識到, 你就對了.” -- 維娜邦塔, 無意中的佛家



*“Resentment is like taking poison and hoping the other person dies.” -- St. Augustine, inadvertent Buddhist

“怨恨好比自己服毒想害死人.” -- 聖奧古斯汀, 無意中的佛家


*“Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.” -- Anonymous inadvertent Buddhist

“幸福是一種香水, 你傾瀉於人家的身上時, 幾滴也會沾自己的身.” -- 無名氏, 無意中的佛家


*“A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.” William James, inadvertent Buddhist

“很多人認為自己在動腦筋時, 其實他們只是重新布置自己的成見.” -- 威廉·詹姆斯, 無意中的佛家


*“To create you must quiet your mind. You need a quiet mind so that ideas will have a chance of connecting.” -- Eric Maisil, inadvertent Buddhist

“要創新, 得先定心. 定了心, 個別的念頭才有機會連接.” -- 埃里克·邁希爾, 無意中的佛家


**“Everyone is guilty of the good they didn't do.” — Voltaire, inadvertent Buddhist

“凡是有機會行善而不行者都有罪.” -- 伏爾泰, 無意中的佛家


*“For greed, all nature is too little.” -- Seneca, inadvertent Buddhist

“貪心不知足” -- 塞尼加, 無意中的佛家


*“Be kind. There is a drama of pain behind every pair of eyes.” -- anonymous Western Buddhist

“善良一點吧. 每一雙眼睛後邊有一齣悲痛的戲.” -- 無名氏, 無意中的佛家


*“We cannot see things that stare us in the face until the hour comes that the mind is ripened.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson, inadvertent Buddhist

“達到了心智成熟時, 才會見到眼前的真面目.” -- 愛默生, 無意中的佛家


*“Prosperity begins with a state of mind.” — Anonymous Western Buddhist

“繁榮從心態起程.” -- 無名氏, 無意中的佛家


*“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.” — Henri Bergson, inadvertent Buddhist

“心靈準備包含的事物, 眼睛才看得見.” -- 柏格森, 無意中的佛家


*“The mind, like the dyer's hand, is colored by what it holds.” — Anonymous Buddhist

“腦海, 跟染工的手一樣, 被所拿住的渲染.” -- 無名氏, 無意中的佛家


*“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” — John Milton, inadvertent Buddhist

“腦海是自己的寓所, 自己會把地獄變成天堂, 或天堂變成地獄.” -- 約翰·彌爾頓, 無意中的佛家


*“Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.” — François de La Rochefoucauld, inadvertent Buddhist

“了解自己心智的人不都也了解自己的心肠.” -- 羅什福科, 無意中的佛家


*“Control thy passions lest they take vengeance on thee.” -- Epictetus, inadvertent Buddhist

“要克制你的人欲, 否則人欲會向你報仇.” -- 埃皮克提圖, 無意中的佛家


*“Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.” ― Epictetus, inadvertent Buddhist

“人怕的不是事物, 怕的是事物產生的形象.” -- 埃皮克提圖, 無意中的佛家


*“Your mind is what makes everything else work.” — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, inadvertent Buddhist

“因為你的思維,別的一切才行得通.” -- 中鋒賈霸,無意中的佛家


*“Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.” -- Wayne Dyer, inadvertent Buddhist

“要開始把自己看成一個有身體的靈魂,不要看成有靈魂的身體.” -- 偉恩·戴爾,無意中的佛家


*“The components of anxiety, stress, fear, and anger do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world, even though we talk about them as if they do.” — Wayne Dyer, inadvertent Buddhist

“憂慮, 壓力, 害怕, 憤怒等等, 除了在人的心裡頭, 沒有獨立的存在. 物質的世界裡它們根本不存在, 儘管我們這樣討論它們.” -- 偉恩·戴爾, 無意中的佛家


*“Don't let your mind go wandering, its too small to go out by itself.” — anonymous Western Buddhist

“別讓你思閑逛, 它還太小, 不能單獨出門.” -- 西方無名氏,無意中的佛家


*“I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.” -- Wayne Dyer, inadvertent Buddhist

“外邊發生的事, 我不能老控制, 但裡邊的事都能控制.” -- 偉恩·戴爾,無意中的佛家


*“Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the rest of them scarcely have room to breathe.” — Virginia Woolf, inadvertent Buddhist

“在頭腦最大的地方, 心情, 感宮, 慷慨, 慈善, 容忍, 體貼等, 都幾乎沒有生存的空間.” -- 吳爾芙, 無意中的佛家


*“Tis the mind that makes the body rich.” — Shakespeare, inadvertent Buddhist

“讓人富裕的是心靈.” -- 莎士比亞,無意中的佛家


*“In order to change, we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.” — Anonymous Western Buddhist

“人要先討厭自己的討厭感才願意改變.” -- 西方無名的佛家


*“People who wait for changes to occur on the outside before they commit to making changes on the inside will never make any changes at all.” — Anonymous Western Buddhist

“等到外頭有變化才願意改變裡頭的人永遠不會變好.” -- 西方無名的佛家


*“Change your thoughts and you change your world.” — Norman Vincent Peale, inadvertent Buddhist

“改變你的思維, 才能改變你的世界.” -- 諾曼·文森特·皮爾, 無意識的佛家


*“There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.” -- Aldous Huxley, inadvertent Buddhist

“乾坤只有一個小旮旯兒你肯定能改良, 那就是你自己.” -- 奧爾德斯·赫胥黎, 無意中的佛家


*“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.” -- Kurt Vonnegut (Sirens of Titan), inadvertent Buddhist

“人生的用途之一, 不管是誰在控制, 就是把你的愛付給周圍需要愛的人.” -- 庫爾特·馮內古特, 無意中的佛家


*“Protect yourself from your own thoughts.” -- Rumi, inadvertent Buddhist

"別讓自己受自己思維之害." -- 魯米, 無意中的佛家


*“My greatest skill in life has been to want but little” ― Henry David Thoreau, inadvertent Buddhist

“我平生最大的本事就是不讓自己要求多.” -- 亨利·大衛·梭羅, 無意中的佛家


*“Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking.” -- Rumi, inadvertent Buddhist

“把思維哄睡吧, 別讓它們投下陰影籠罩心裡的月亮. 釋放你的思考.” -- 鲁米, 無意中的佛家



*Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. -- Chief Seattle, inadvertant Buddhist

"众生的网罗不是人类织造的. 我们只不过是其中的一缕. 对众生的待遇就是对自己的待遇. 万物相缚. 万物相联." -- 西雅图酋长, 无意中的佛家


"Alexander the Great and his mule driver both died and the same thing happened to both. They were absorbed alike into the life force of the world, or dissolved alike into atoms." -- Marcus Aurelius (unordained Greek Buddhist?)


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