【正文】 回首那個糟糕的夏天，我很快就明白了，所有后來出現(xiàn)的好事只不過與壞事相互抵消。但在生活最好與最壞部分之間有一片巨大的中間地帶，其間各種好事壞事像耍雜技一樣上下翻滾，輪番出現(xiàn)。生活時而無比順暢，時而倒霉透頂。因為他們從來沒有引起公眾的關(guān)注，也就從來沒有想到過要隱瞞什么。他們扮演的是大家期待的角色，演得多了，最后都能演得惟妙惟肖?！?“不要把所有的雞蛋放在一個籃子里”的說法大錯特錯。我自己就曾經(jīng)掃過地。 concentrate。 但是，如果你在恐懼之中只想尋求愛的平和與快樂，那你就最好掩蓋真實的自我，避開愛的考驗，進入不分季節(jié)的世界，在那里你將歡笑，但并非開懷大笑，你將哭泣，但并非盡情地哭。To rest at the noon hour and meditate love’s ecstasy。饑餓的孩子，受壓迫的難民，貧窮和痛苦的世界，都是對人類所憧憬的美好生活的無情嘲弄。這就是我所尋找的，雖然對人的一生而言似乎有些遙不可及，但至少是我用盡一生所領(lǐng)悟到的。而當(dāng)我們決定和選擇時，我們的生活便得以形成。這種觀點的本意是一筆勾銷所有提高能力的動機，求取業(yè)績的興趣和對子孫后代的關(guān)注。人的壽命將會更長，因為由激烈拼爭引起的心臟病和中風(fēng)所導(dǎo)致的死亡將越來越少。 nor do we choose the time or conditions of our death. But within all this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we shall live: courageously or in cowardice, honorably or dishonorably, with purpose or in drift. We decide what is important and what is trivial in life. We decide that what makes us significant is either what we do or what we refuse to do. But no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are ours to make. We decide. We choose. And as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed. In the end, forming our own destiny is what ambition is about.譯文： 抱負 一個缺乏抱負的世界將會怎樣，這不難想象。如果蘇格蘭青年弗格森在山坡上放羊時，讓他那思維活躍的大腦處于休息狀態(tài)，而不是借助一串珠子計算星星的位置，他就不會成為著名的天文學(xué)家。對于那些懶散而煩惱的人來說，這將是至理名言。書籍介紹我們與最優(yōu)秀的人為伍，使我們置身于歷代偉人巨匠之間，如聞其聲，如觀其行，如見其人，同他們情感交融，悲喜與共，感同身受。人們可以通過共同喜愛的作家溝通思想，交流感情，彼此息息相通，并與自己喜歡的作家思想相通，情感相融。它始終不渝，過去如此，現(xiàn)在如此，將來也永遠不變。 for the world of a man’s life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which, remembered and cherished, bee our constant panions and forters. Books possess an essence of immortality. They are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temples and statues decay, but books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author’s minds, ages ago. What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page. The only effect of time have been to sift out the bad products。這正好我們只有在失去后才懂得珍惜一樣，我們只有在生病后才意識到健康的可貴。然而，我們中的大多數(shù)人都把生命看成是理所當(dāng)然的。當(dāng)然，我說的是那些有選擇權(quán)利的自由人，而不是那些活動范圍受到嚴格限定的死囚。憂煩，惶恐，喪失自信，定使心靈扭曲，意氣如灰。 it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions。第二十六篇：On Motes and Beams 微塵與棟梁 第十八篇：Solitude 獨處 第十篇：The 50Percent Theory of Life 生活理論半對半 第二篇： Three Days to See(Excerpts)假如給我三天光明（節(jié)選） 第三篇：Companionship of Books 以書為伴（節(jié)選） 第十一篇：What is Your Recovery Rate? 你的恢復(fù)速率是多少？ 第十九篇：Giving Life Meaning 給生命以意義 第二十七篇：An October Sunrise 十月的日出 it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, selfdistrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing appetite for what’s next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart, there is a wireless station。 無論年屆花甲，擬或二八芳齡，心中皆有生命之歡樂，奇跡之誘惑，孩童般天真久盛不衰。這樣的故事讓我們思考，在類似的處境下，我們該做些什么？作為終有一死的人，在臨終前的幾個小時內(nèi)我們應(yīng)該做什么事，經(jīng)歷些什么或做哪些聯(lián)想？回憶往昔，什么使我們開心快樂？什么又使我們悔恨不已？有時我想，把每天都當(dāng)作生命中的最后一天來邊，也不失為一個極好的生活法則。我們知道有一天我們必將面對死亡，但總認為那一天還在遙遠的將來。我經(jīng)常想，如果每個人在年輕的時候都有幾天失時失聰，也不失為一件幸事。 for nothing in literature can long survive e but what is really good.Books introduce us into the best society。它是最有耐心，最令人愉悅的伴侶。好書常如最精美的寶器，珍藏著人生的思想的精華，因為人生的境界主要就在于其思想的境界。我們覺得自己仿佛在作者所描繪的舞臺上和他們一起粉墨登場。甚至最為勤勉的人也以此作為警示：如果一個人有才能而不用，就像廢棄鑰匙上的鐵一樣，這些才能就會很快生銹，并最終無法完成安排給自己的工作。勞動征服一切?；蛟S，這將是一個更為友善的世界：沒有渴求，沒有磨擦，沒有失望。焦慮將會消失。 我們無法選擇出生，無法選擇父母，無法選擇出生的歷史時期與國家，或是成長的周遭環(huán)境。最終構(gòu)筑我們命運的就是抱負之所在。 我用同樣的激情去尋求知識。我渴望能夠減少邪惡，但是我無能為力，我也難逃其折磨。To return home at eventide with gratitude。愛只將自己付出，也只得到自己。第八篇：The Road to Success 成功之道 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 responsibility thrust upon them at the very threshold of their career. They were introduced to the broom, and spent the first hours of their business lives sweeping out the office. I notice we have janitors and janitresses now in offices, and our young men unfortunately miss that salutary branch of business education. But if by chance the professional sweeper is absent any morning, the boy who has the genius of the future partner in him will not hesitate to try his hand at the broom. It does not hurt the newest er to sweep out the office if necessary. I was one of those sweepers myself.Assuming that you have all obtained employment and are fairly started, my advice to you is “aim high”. I would not give a fig for the young man who does not already see himself the partner or the head of an important firm. Do not rest content for a moment in your thoughts as head clerk, or foreman, or general manager in any concern, no matter how extensive. Say to yourself, “My place is at the top.” Be king in your dreams.And here is the prime condition of success, the great secret: concentrate your energy, thought, and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun in one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it.The concerns which fail are those which have scattered their capital, which means that they have scattered their brains also. They have investments in this, or that, or the other, here there, and everywhere. “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” is all wrong. I tell you to “put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket.” Look round you and take notice, men who do th