编者按：青春不是年华，而是心境；青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意志，恢宏的想象，炙热的恋情；青春是生命的深泉在涌流。YouthYouth is not a time of life it is a state of mind it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips andsuppleknees it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions it is the freshness of the deep springs of

引言：回首那个糟糕的夏天，我很快就明白了，所有后来出现的好事只不过与坏事相互抵消。比一般情况糟糕的境遇不会延宕过久；而太平时光是我应得的，我要尽情享受，它们为我注入活力以应对下一个险情，并确保我可以兴旺发达。The 50-Percent Theory of LifeI believe in the 50-percent theory. Half the time things are better than normal the other half, they are worse. I believe life is apendulumswing.It takes time and expe

编者引言：生命，应如烟花般绚烂夺目，如怒放的鲜花般芬芳...Giving Life MeaningHave you thought about what you want people to say about you after you’re gone? Can you hear the voice saying, “He was a great man.” Or “She really will be missed.” What else do they say?One of the strangest phenomena of life is to engage in a work th

生命如诗，需要我们用心去感受那或豪迈洒脱、或婉约清丽的诗行...Human Life a PoemI think that, from a biological standpoint, human life almost reads like a poem. It has its own rhythm and beat, its internal cycles of growth and decay. It begins with innocent childhood, followed by awkward adolescence trying awkwardly to adapt itse

编者按：大师们的作品在我们心灵扎根，诗人们的佳句在我们血管中运行。我们年轻时读了书，年老了又把它们记起。----赫兹利特Companionship of BooksA man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps for there is a companionship of books as well as of men and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of m

Do you fear the force of the wind?——Hamilton GarlandDo you fear the force of the wind?Do you fear theslashof the rain?Go face them and fight them.Be savage again.Go hungry and cold like the wolf.Gowadelike the crane:The palms of your hands will thicken.The skin of your cheek will tan.You‘ll growragg

编者按：沉湎过去,就无法与今天同行,明天因而也成了一个遥遥的无期。沉湎过去，就无法让我们的每天过得精彩，痛苦因而成了一个咒语无法摆脱。What is Your Recovery Rate?What is your recovery rate? How long does it take you to recover from actions and behaviors that upset you? Minutes? Hours? Days? Weeks? The longer it takes you to recover, the more influence that incident

编者按：毋宁说，倒是我们这些还活着的人，应该在这里把自己奉献于勇士们已经如此崇高地向前推进但尚未完成的事业。倒是我们应该在这里把自己奉献于仍然留在我们面前的伟大任务——我们要从这些光荣的死者身上汲取更多的献身精神，来完成他们已经完全彻底为之献身的事业；我们要在这里下定最大的决心，不让这些死者白白牺牲；我们要使国家在上帝福佑下得到自由的新生，要使这个民有、民治、民享的政府永世长存。------亚伯拉罕.林肯Gettysburg AddressFourscore and seven years ago, our fathersbrought forthupon this continent a n

Bed in Summer——Robert Louis StevensonIn winter I get up at nightAnd dress by yellow candle-lightIn summer, quite the other way,I have to go to bed by day.I have to go to bed and seeThe birds still hopping on the tree,Or hear the grown-up people&#39s feetStill going past me in the street.And does it

编者按：一个懂得生活的人，必然是一个内心世界丰富充实的人。一个内心世界丰富的人才能在黑暗中看到光明，才能欣赏生长在荆棘丛中艳丽的花朵，才能在纷繁的外部表象中寻到事物的本质。构建强大的内心世界是一生的事业。Abundance is a Life StyleAbundanceis a life style, a way of living your life. It isn’t something you buy now and then or pull down from the cupboard, dust off and use once or twice, and then return

编者按：有时我想，把每天都当作生命中的最后一天来边，也不失为一个极好的生活法则。这种态度会使人格外重视生命的价值。我们每天都应该以优雅的姿态，充沛的精力，抱着感恩之心来生活。----海伦.凯勒Three Days to See(Excerpts)假如给我三天光明（节选）All of us have readthrillingstories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. Sometimes it was as long as a year, sometimes as short as 24 hou

引言：禀赋迥异，万物各就其位；倘若我不能将森林背负，你也无法将坚果打破。The mountain and thesquirrel——Ralph Waldo EmersonThe Mountain and the SquirrelHad a quarrelAnd the Mountain called the Squirrel &#39LittlePrig.&#39Bunreplied,You are doubtless very bigBut all sorts of things and weatherMust be taken in together,To make up a yearAn

编者按：美国同胞们，不要问国家能为你们做些什么、而要问你们能为国家做些什么。全世界的公民们，不要问美国将为你们做些什么，而要问我们共同能为人类的自由做些什么。---约翰.肯尼迪First Inaugural AddressWe observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end, as well as a beginningsignifyingrenewal, as well as change.For I have sworn before you and Almight

There is nofrigatelike a book——Emily DickinsonThere is no frigate like a bookTo take us lands away,Nor any coursers like a pageOfprancingpoetry.This traverse may the poorest takeWithout oppress of tollHow frugal is thechariotThat bears a human soul!有哪艘帆船像书一样没有哪艘帆船像书本一样，带我们跨越万水千山，也没有一匹骏马，比得上一页欢腾的诗篇。没

编者按：人与人之间没什么大的区别。他们皆是伟大与渺小、善良与邪恶、高贵与低贱的混合体。On Motes and BeamsIt is curious that our own offenses should seem so much lessheinousthan the offenses of others. I suppose the reason is that we know all the circumstances that have occasioned them and so manage to excuse in ourselves what we cannot excuse

编者按：正如要想拥有自由就要时刻保持警惕一样，要想取得伟大的，持久的成功，就必须坚持不懈地努力。If I Rest, I RustThe significantinscriptionfound on an old key---“If I rest, I rust”---would be an excellent motto for those who areafflictedwith the slightest bit ofidleness. Even the most industrious person might adopt it with advantage to serve as a

Clear Your Mental SpaceThink about the last time you felt a negative emotion---like stress, anger, or frustration. What was going through your mind as you were going through thatnegativity? Was your mindclutteredwith thoughts? Or was it paralyzed, unable to think?The next time you find yourself in t

编者按：成功的首要条件和最大秘诀就是：把你的精力，思想和资本全都集中在你正从事的事业上。一旦开始从事某种职业，就要下定决心在那一领域闯出一片天地来；做这一行的领导人物，采纳每一点改进之心，采用最优良的设备，对专业知识熟稔于心。The Road to SuccessIt is well that young men should begin at the beginning and occupy the most subordinate positions. Many of the leading businessmen of Pittsburgh had a serious responsib

编者按：人生的完整性在于知道如何面对缺陷，如何勇敢地摒弃不现实的幻想而又不以此为缺憾。Once a circle missed awedge. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly, it admired the flowers along the way. It chatted with worms. It enjoyed the

I&#39ll try——C.G RossettiThe little boy who says &quotI’ll try&quotWill climb to the hill-top.The little boy who says &quotI can’t&quot.Will at the bottom stop.&#39I&#39ll try&quot does great things every day.&quotI can&#39t&quot gets nothing done.Be sure then that you say &quotI&#39ll try&quotAnd l

编者按：如果你对当前中国那里所发生的种种感到兴趣，那么你便可说也活在中国；如果你对一本佳妙小说中的人物感到兴趣，你便是活在一批极有趣的人们中间；如果你能全神贯注地听点好的音乐，你就会超脱出你的周围环境而活在一个充满激情与想象的神奇世界之中。To be or not to beOutside the Bible, these six words are the most famous in all the literature of the world.They were spoken by Hamlet when he was thinking aloud, and they are the

引言：决定成败的不是你的大小，只要你做最好的自己!Be the best of whatever you are——Douglas MallochIf you can&#39t be a pine on the top of the hill,Be a scrub in the valley---but beThe best little scrub by the side of the rillBe a bush if you can&#39t be a tree.If you can&#39t be a bush be a bit of grass——And some highway ha

编者按:从不同角度看待事物，你就能更轻松地抓住生活的精髓；而当你仅从一个角度片面地观察世界时，就很可能会变得愤世嫉俗。Walk clean around the hillNOW THAT I can look back across the years from the so-called vantage point of experience in two World Wars,travel throughout a large part of the world, and contact with many of the outstanding personalities of our t

编者按:尽管我们每个人都应该乐于勇敢、独立地发挥自己的能力，但也要相信，只要我们愿意，我们也能从外界获得力量之源。Spiritual Handholds on Lifeby Dr. Fred Dow Fagg, JRThe view of the high Sierra Lake, nestled in the snow and rock slightly below the timber line, was beautiful from my vantage point some five hundred feet above its shimmering surface. I was an

编者按:有句古话说：“如果你没犯错误，就说明你没有尽力。”所以，勇往直前，去犯错误吧。然后学习、成长，最后成功。Good Mistakes有益的错误It&#39s good to make mistake, and here is why.First of all, mistakes are a clear sign that you are trying new things. It&#39s always good to try new things because when you are trying new things you are growing. If you never t

编者按:积极主动的思考对我们所接触到的人具有巨大的影响力。那些成功提高思考能力的人会充实自己，丰富自己的人生。For Success in LifeThinking is necessary if you want to successd in life. people fear that thinking may upset their comfort and self-satifaction. thinking needs constant practice with enthusiasm, enthusiasm generates interest and susutains think

编者按:人同自然界其他事物之间最重要的区别之一就是，人懂得短暂、始与终，所以也了解时间是一种恩赐。Life grows in the soil of timeWhat I believe, what I value most, is transitoriness.But is not transitoriness - the perishableness of life - something very sad? No! It is the very soul of existence. It imparts value, dignity, interest to life. Transito

编者按:在接下来的几年里，我得到了明确而满意的回答，超出了我最乐观的期望值。其中一个回答就是魔山盲人休闲营区。在那里，我和我的护士朋友每年都有幸看到失明的孩子们在大自然的怀抱中是多么生气勃勃。除此之外，朋友们真挚的友谊以及美妙的音乐都给我带来无穷无尽的欢乐和慰藉。最重要的是，我越来越意识到，在我日复一日的祷告中，当我聆听上帝的启示之时，我正日益与他靠近，并通过他接近永恒。One Girl Changed My LifeMy childhood and adolescence were a joyous outpouring of energy, a ceaseless quest for ex

编者按:我们人类之所以优于动物，是因为人拥有自觉控制自身需求与欲望的能力。What Are People Good ForOne's beliefs are revealed not so much in words or in formal creeds as in the assumptions on which one habitually acts and in the basic values by which all choices are tested.The cornerstone of my own value system was laid in childhood wit

编者按:尽心而尽责地完成一件事会为你带来真正的快乐，而尽责也并不一定是做苦工。为人服务是一项最成功的投资。The Soundest Investment of Allby C. Jared IngersollI feel very presumptuous and uncomfortable about trying to explain out loud the things I believe in. But I do think that all human problems are in some way related to each other, so perhaps if peo