A Simple Path
一條簡單的道路 德雷莎修女
People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Love them anyway.
人們不講道理、思想謬誤、自我中心,但不管怎樣,還是要愛他們。
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Do good anyway.
如果你做善事,人們說你自私自利、別有用心,但不管怎樣,還是要做善事。
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.
如果你成功以後,身邊盡是假的朋友和真的敵人,但不管怎樣,還是要要成功。
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
你今天所行的善事明天就被遺忘,但不管怎樣,還是要要做善事。
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.
誠實與坦率待人常使你受到傷害,但不管怎樣,還是要誠實與坦率。
The biggest person with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest person with the smallest mind. Think big anyway.
眼光遠大的人,會被心胸狹隘的小人攻擊,但不管怎樣,還是要眼光遠大。
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
人都會同情弱者,可是只追隨贏家,但不管怎樣,還是要為弱者奮鬥
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.
你耗費數年所建設的可能毀於一旦,但不管怎樣,還是要建設;
People really need help but may attack if you help them. Help anyway.
人們確實需要幫助,然而如果你幫助他們,卻可能遭到攻擊,但不管怎樣,還是要幫助;
Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you've got anyway.
將你所擁有最好的東西獻給世界,你大受挫折,但不管怎樣,還是要將你所擁有最好的東西獻給世界。
節錄/加爾各答兒童之家希舒《巴滿牆上的標示》
原處╱《 From a sign on the wall of Shinshu Bhavan, the Children's home in Calcutta 》
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