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No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.
We are born into the world like a blank canvas.
And each person that crosses our path
takes up the brush and makes their mark upon our surface…
so it is that we develop.
But we must realize that there comes a day
that we must take up the brush
and finish the work.
For only we can determine if we are going to be
just another painting…
or a masterpiece.
勿以善小而不为
我们来到这个世界，就象一张空白的画布
每一个穿过我们生命之路的人
都拿起画笔，在我们的生命中留下他们的痕迹……
我们就这样成长
但是，我们必须懂得，有一天
我们必须拿起自己的画笔
来完成这件作品
因为，只我们自己能决定
我们仅仅是成为一幅画……
还是一幅杰作
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A letter unites people like nothing else. It can make them cry, it can make them laugh. There is no caress more lovely and warm than a love letter, because it makes the world seem very small, and both sender and receiver become like kings in their own kingdoms. A letter is life itself!
信无可替代地把人与人连在一起，让人笑，让人哭。 一封情书比任何爱抚更令人觉得亲爱和温暖，因为它让世界变小，写信人和收信人都成为自己世界里的国王。信本身就是生命！
<B>3</B>
Death is not the greatest loss in life…
The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.
死亡并不是生命的最大损失……
最大的损失是，我们活着，而我们的心却已经死亡。
<B>4</B>
Other things may change us, but we start and end with family
尽管我们也许会被一些东西改变，但我们的生命总是同家人相始终。
<B>5</B>
Love always flows beyond human borders and dissolves the fears that keep us separate. When we stretch to serve another, we grow to live in a larger, more rewarding world.
Help me move beyond the small self so I can connect with the hearts of others.
When I give love to another, I feed my own soul.
恐怯让人们各自疏离，而爱总会溢出人际的疆界，融化这种隔阂。伸出助人之手，我们的世界就会渐变广阔，不枉此生。
助我超越渺小的自我，让我可以与他人的心相连。
给他人献爱之时，我亦哺育了自己的心灵。
<B>6</B>
To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime.
希望就是为那些还没有到来因而还没有变成绝望的东西做好准备，即使终其一生这些东西永远都不会出现。
<B>7</B>
She focused not on what she had lost, but on what she had left.
她不在乎失去什么，只看重拥有什么。
<B>8</B>
In every childhood there is a moment when a door opens and lets the future in.
在每个人的童年，总有那么一刻：一扇门被打开，而门外就是他的未来。
<B>9</B>
If we want to do something, we think too much. It is not cogitation; it is a waste of life. If you set your heart on something and you think that is right thing to do, just do it. Do not worry about failure; do not worry about what others think of you. If you tried your best, you would never regret for what you did and never left regret in your life.
每当我们想要做什么事的时候，我们总是顾虑太多。其实没必要想那么多，那只是在浪费生命。如果你渴望做什么，并认为那是正确的，那就做好了。不要担心失败，不要担心别人会怎么想。只要尽了你最大的努力，你就不会为自己所做的而后悔，也不会在你的生命里留下遗憾。
10
Reading, according to Harold Bloom, will not make one behave better, nor will it change the world. One need not read with either objective in mind, because deep reading will enlarge your humanity, and this alone is worthwhile. But I would add this: reading, reflection, and action based upon reflection can make you a better person, and you can change the world.
Harold Bloom认为， 阅读本身并不会改善一个人的行为，也不会改变世界。无须为这两个目的来阅读，因为，深入的阅读可以拓展人性，而仅此一点就已足够。但，我还要补充一点：阅读，思考，以及基于思考的行动会使你成为一个更好的人，从而你就能改变世界。</P>
[此贴子已经被作者于2004-4-25 11:51:56编辑过]
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