回顾人类的历史,耶诞节最深刻的意义,就是昭告世人:God is coming! (神来了!)在此耶诞假期,我们选录英文旧约与新约圣经中的部分章节,并作字汇上的注解,与读者们“重温神话”!首先让我们先来读一读旧约圣经创世纪篇─神六日创世、第七日安息的故事。
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. 武力是可以什么都征服,但是它的胜利却是短命的。
Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. 心性无法在舒服安静的环境中发展。唯过试炼与苦难的经验,灵魂才能够被强化,企图心才能被激发,才能达到成功。
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.虽然这个世界充满了苦难,但也充满了征服苦难的事情。
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent我反对暴力,因为当暴力似乎有用时,那有用只是暂时的;但暴力所作的邪恶,却是永远的。
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. 唯一的善,是知识;唯一的恶,是无知。
I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money.我告诉你,德并不是用钱买来的,但是德却可以带来金钱。
Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods. 有愈少的欲望,我就愈接近神
I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. 我不是一位雅典人或是希腊人,而是世界的公民
Envy is the ulcer of the soul. 嫉妒是灵魂的肿瘤
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