Gandhi 甘地

The Musings of the MahatmaAnswers for our Times

圣雄甘地的沉思对我们所处时代的回答

The best way to find yourself is to lose

yourself in the service of others.

探求自我的最好方法就是让自己投身于对

他人的服务之中。

God sometimes does try to the

uttermost those whom he

wishes to bless.

上帝有时的确会最大程度去护佑那些

祈求福佑的人。

When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the

moon, my soul expands in the worship of the

creator.

当我在欣赏日落奇观或月光之美时，我的灵魂在对创造者的崇

敬中舒展。

Happiness is when what you think,

what you say, and what you do are in

harmony.

快乐 , 就是你的所想，所言，与所行

达到和谐一致。

If we are to teach real peace in this world,

and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to

begin with the children.

如果我们要在世界上教导真正的和平，如果我们要与战争真正抗衡，那么我们应该先从孩子

开始。

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not

being faultless myself, I won't presume to

probe into the faults of others.

我只看人好的品质，我自己都不是完人，我不会擅自去挑别人

的错误。

There is a sufficiency in the world for

man's need but not for man's

greed.

我们的世界可以满足人的需要，但不能满足人的

贪婪。

It has always been a mystery to me how men

can feel themselves honored by the

humiliation of their fellow beings.

我一直疑惑不解的是：人类怎能通过侮辱他们自己的同胞而使自己更

为荣耀呢？

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion.

The other is mere business.

对朋友友善这很容易，但是对把你当敌人的人也做到友善，这才是真正宗教的典范。其他

的算不上什么。

In prayer it is better to have a

heart without words than words without a heart.

在祈祷中，与其有言辞而无真心，不如有真心而无

言辞。

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry

about anything whatsoever.

没有什么东西像焦虑那样耗费人的身体，信任上帝者应为对事物焦虑而感到羞愧，无论那令你焦虑的事物是什么。

To give service to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

通过一个行为服务于一颗心灵，优于祈祷中一千个鞠躬。

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an

ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean

does not become dirty.

不要对人类失去信心。整个人类好比大海，如果大海中有几滴水是污浊的，大海并

不会因此而变得污浊。

You must be the change you wish

to see in the world.

你必须成为期望世界所发生的那

个改变。

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