The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature. It is a moral quality. The absence of it is not an assured ground of condemnation, but the presence of it is an invariable sign of goodness of heart. In proportion to the degree in which it is felt will probably be the degree in which nobleness and beauty of character will be attained.
Natural beauty is an all-pervading presence. The universe is its temple. It unfolds into the numberless flowers of spring. It waves in the branches of trees and the green blades of grass. It haunts the depths of the earth and the sea. It gleams from the hues of the shell and the precious stone. And not only these minute objects but the oceans, the mountains, the clouds, the stars, the rising and the setting sun---all overflow with beauty. This beauty is so precious, and so congenial to our tenderest and noblest feelings, that it is painful to think of the multitude of people living in the midst of it and yet remaining almost blind to it.
All persons should seek to become acquainted with the beauty in nature. There is not a worm we tread upon, nor a leaf that dances merrily as it falls before the autumn winds, but calls for our study and admiration. The power to appreciated beauty not merely increases our sources of happiness---it enlarges our moral nature, too. Beauty calms our restlessness and dispels our cares. Go into the fields or the woods, spend a summer day by the sea or the mountains, and all your little perplexities and anxieties will vanish. Listen to sweet music, and your foolish fears and petty jealousies will pass away. The beauty of the world helps us to seek and find the beauty of goodness.
愛美
愛美及是整個健全人性不可或缺之一部分。它是一種道德品質。缺乏這種品質並不能作為受到責難的充分理由，但是擁有這種品質則是心靈美好的永恆標誌。品德的高尚與美好所達到的程度可能與對美的感受程度成正比。
大自然的美無處不在，整個宇宙就是美的殿堂。美，在春日百花中綻放;美，在綠葉嫩枝間搖曳;美，在深海幽谷裏遊弋;美，在奇石與貝殼的繽紛色彩中閃爍。不只是這些細微之物，還有海洋，山川，雲彩，繁星，日升日落 – 一切都是洋溢着美。這樣的美是如此珍貴，與我們最温柔，最高尚的情愫是如此相宜。然而，想到很多人置身於美之中，卻幾乎對它熟視無睹，真是令人痛心不已。
所有的人都應該去認識大自然之美。沒有一條我們踩過的小蟲，沒有一片在秋風拂掠之際飛舞的樹葉不值得我們研究與讚賞。欣賞美的能力不僅增加了我們快樂的來源，也加強了我們德性的修養。美使我們不安的心平靜下來，也驅散了我們的憂慮。到田野或森林去，在夏日的海邊或山上呆上一天，那麼你所有微不足道的困惑與焦慮都會煙消雲散。傾聽悦耳的音樂，你那愚蠢的恐懼與狹隘的嫉妒都會過去。世界之美將有助於我們找到為善之美。
勵志的英語短文2：Born to WinEach human being is born as something new, something that never existed before. Each is born with the capacity to win at life. Each person has a unique way of seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and thinking. Each has his or her own unique potentials---capabilities and limitations. Each can be a significant, thinking, aware, and creative being---a productive person, a winner.
The word “winner” and “loser” have many meanings. When we refer to a person as a winner, we do not mean one who makes someone else lose. To us, a winner is one who responds authentically by being credible, trustworthy, responsive, and genuine, both as an individual and as a member of a society.
Winners do not dedicated their lives to a concept of what they imagine they should be; rather, they are themselves and as such do not use their energy putting on a performance, maintaining pretence and manipulating others. They are aware that there is a difference between being loving and acting loving, between being stupid and acting stupid, between being knowledgeable and acting knowledgeable. Winners do not need to hide behind a mask.
Winners are not afraid to do their own thinking and to use their own knowledge. They can separate facts from opinions and don’t pretend to have all the answers. They listen to others, evaluate what they say, but come to their own conclusions. Although winners can admire and respect other people, they are not totally defined, demolished, bound, or awed by them.
Winners do not play “helpless”, nor do they play the blaming game. Instead, they assume responsibility for their own lives. They don’t give others a false authority over them. Winners are their own bosses and know it.
A winner’s timing is right. Winners respond appropriately to the situation. Their responses are related to the message sent and preserve the significance, worth, well-being, and dignity of the people involved. Winners know that for everything there is a season and for every activity a time.
Although winners can freely enjoy themselves, they can also postpone enjoyment, can discipline themselves in the present to enhance their enjoyment in the future. Winners are not afraid to go after what he wants, but they do so in proper ways. Winners do not get their security by controlling others. They do not set themselves up to lose.
A winner cares about the world and its peoples. A winner is not isolated from the general problems of society, but is concerned, compassionate, and committed to improving the quality of life. Even in the face of national and international adversity, a winner’s self-image is not one of a powerless individual. A winner works to make the world a better place.
生而為贏
人皆生而為新，為前所未有之所存在;人皆生而能贏。人皆有其特立獨行之方式去審視，聆聽，觸摸，品味及思考，因而都具備獨特潛質-能力和侷限。人皆能舉足輕重，思慮明達，洞察秋毫，富有創意，成就功業。
“成者”與“敗者”含義頗多。談及成者我們並非指令他人失意之人。對我們而言，成者必為人守信，值得信賴，有求必應，態度誠懇，或為個人，或為社會一員皆能以真誠迴應他人。
成者行事並不拘泥於某種信條，即便是他們認為應為其奉獻一生的理念;而是本色行事，所以並不把精力用來表演，保持偽裝或操控他人。他們明瞭愛與裝家，愚蠢與裝傻，博學與賣弄之間迥然有別。成者無須藏於面具之後。
成者敢於利用所學，獨立思考，區分事實與觀點，且並不佯裝通曉所有答案。他們傾聽，權衡他人意見，但能得出自己的結論。儘管他們尊重，敬佩他們，但並不為他們所侷限，所推翻，所束縛，也不對他人敬若神靈。
成者既不佯裝“無助”，亦不抱怨他人。相反，他們對人生總是獨擔責任，也不以權威姿態凌駕他人之上。他們主宰自己，而且能意識到這點。
成者善於審時度勢，隨機應變。他們對所接受的信息做出迴應，維護當事人的利益，康樂和尊嚴。成者深知成一事要看好時節，行一事要把握時機。
儘管成者可以自由享樂，但他更知如何推遲享樂，適時自律，以期將來樂趣更盛。成者並不忌憚追求所想，但取之有道，也並不靠控制他們而獲取安然之感。他們總是使自己立於不敗。
成者心憂天下，並不孤立塵世弊病之外，而是置身事內，滿腔熱情，致力於改善民生。即使面對民族，國家之危亡，成者亦非無力迴天之個體。他總是努力令世界更好。
勵志的英語短文3：利用好你的錯誤Mistakes and errors are the disciplined true which we advance in life. Mistakes are great teachers. Success comes to those who are willing to risk making mistakes in the pursuit of their goals and aspirations, and who are able to learn from those mistakes. And in order to learn from mistakes you must be willing to pay for them.
Mistakes can be enormously valuable, but when you try to get others to pay for your mistakes, then you deprive yourself of the opportunity to learn from them. When something goes wrong, it's usually very easy to find someone else to blame, but what does that really accomplish?
Much of the value of mistakes comes from the fact that they demand a cost that must be paid. The person who learns the most from a mistake is the person who pays the price for that mistake.
When you make a mistake, the lastthing you want to do is run away from it. You need to accept it because you can learn a lot from it. The mistake has been made, so make the most of it. Pay the price, learn the lesson, and grow that much stronger.
When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Remember the reason for it, and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The present is still in your power. Take full advantage of your mistakes to achieve your goals and aspirations.
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過失和錯誤讓我們辨別是非,幫助我們前進。錯誤是偉大的老師。成功總是眷顧那些敢於冒着犯錯的危險去追求他們的目標和理想,並善於從錯誤中吸取教訓的人。為了從過失中吸取教訓,你必須願意為之付出代價。
錯誤可能具有巨大的價值,但是如果你想讓別人來為你的錯誤付出代價,那你就喪失了從錯誤中學習的機會。當出了差錯時,去責備他人總是很容易的。但是那又有什麼用呢?
錯誤的價值在很大程度上體現為人們必須為所犯的錯誤付出代價。從錯誤中學到最多的那個人就是為之付出代價的人。
當你犯錯時,你最不應該做的事情就是逃避錯誤。你需要接受這個事實,因為你可以從中吸取很多教訓。既然已經犯了錯誤,就最大限度地利用它。付出代價、得到教訓併成長得更加堅強。
當你犯錯時,不要總放在心上。記住犯錯的原因,然後向前看。犯錯是智慧的課程。過去無法改變。現在仍在你的手中。利用好你的錯誤,來實現你的目標和理想。
勵志的英語短文4：好好想想Think it Over
Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;
We spend more,but enjoy less;
We have bigger houses,but smaller famillies;
We have more compromises,but less time;
We have more knowledge,but less judgment;
We have more medicines,but less health;
We have multiplied out possessions,but reduced out values;
We talk much,we love only a little,and we hate too much;
We reached the Moon and came back,but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;
We have conquered the uter space,but not our inner space;
We have highter income,but less morals;
These are times with more liberty,but less joy;
We have much more food,but less nutrition;
These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home,but divorces increase;
These are times of finer houses,but more broken homes;
That's why I propose,that as of today;
You do not keep anything for a special use every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION.
Search for knowledge,read more ,sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;
Spend more time with your family and friends,eat your favorite foods,visit the places you love;
Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment;not only about survival;
Use your crystal not save your best perfume,and use it every time you feel you want it.
Remove from your vocabulary phrases like"one of these days"or "someday";
Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"!
Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them;
Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life;
Every day,every hour,and every minute is special;
And you don't know if it will be your last.
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今天我們擁有了更高層的樓宇以及更寬闊的公路，但是我們的性情卻更為急躁，眼光也更加狹隘;
我們消耗的更多，享受到的卻更少;
我們的住房更大了，但我們的家庭卻更小了;
我們妥協更多，時間更少;
我們擁有了更多的知識，可判斷力卻更差了;
我們有了更多的藥品，但健康狀況卻更不如意;
我們擁有的財富倍增，但其價值卻減少了;
我們説的多了，愛的卻少了，我們的仇恨也更多了;
我們可以往返月球，但卻難以邁出一步去親近我們的左鄰右舍;
我們可以征服外太空，卻征服不了我們的內心;
我們的收入增加了，但我們的道德卻少了;
我們的時代更加自由了，但我們擁有的快樂時光卻越來越少;
我們有了更多的食物，但所能得到的營養卻越來越少了;
現在每個家庭都可以有雙份收入，但離婚的現象越來越多了;
現在的住房越來越精緻，但我們也有了更多破碎的家庭;
這就是我為什麼要説，讓我們從今天開始;
不要將你的東西為了某一個特別的時刻而預留着，因為你生活的每一天都是那麼特別;
尋找更我的知識，多讀一些書，坐在你家的前廊裏，以讚美的眼光去享受眼前的風景，不要帶上任何功利的想法;
花多點時間和朋友與家人在一起，吃你愛吃的食物，去你想去的地方;
生活是一串串的快樂時光;我們不僅僅是為了生存而生存;
舉起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝嗇灑上你最好的香水，你想用的時候就享用吧!
從你的詞彙庫中移去所謂的“有那麼一天”或者“某一天”;
曾打算“有那麼一天”去寫的信，就在今天吧!
告訴家人和朋友，我們是多麼地愛他們;
不要延遲任何可以給你的生活帶來歡笑與快樂的事情;
每一天、每一小時、每一分鐘都是那麼特別;
你無從知道這是否最後刻。
勵志的英語短文5：The Happy doorHappiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples. As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty.
There is no exact definition of the word happiness. Happy people are happy for all sorts of reasons. The key is not wealth or physical well-being, since we find beggars, invalids and so-called failures, who are extremely happy.
Being happy is a sort of unexpected dividend. But staying happy is an accomplishment, a triumph of soul and character. It is not selfish to strive for it. It is, indeed, a duty to ourselves and others.
Being unhappy is like an infectious disease. It causes people to shrink away from the sufferer. He soon finds himself alone, miserable and embittered. There is, however, a cure so simple as to seem, at first glance, ridiculous; if you don’t feel happy, pretend to be!
It works. Before long you will find that instead of repelling people, you attract them. You discover how deeply rewarding it is to be the center of wider and wider circles of good will.
Then the make-believe becomes a reality. You possess the secret of peace of mind, and can forget yourself in being of service to others.
Being happy, once it is realized as a duty and established as a habit, opens doors into unimaginable gardens thronged with grateful friends.
快樂之門
快樂就像一塊為了激起陣陣漣漪而丟進池塘的小石頭。正好史蒂文森所説，快樂是一種責任。
快樂這個詞並沒有確切的定義，快樂的人快樂的理由多種多樣。快樂的關鍵並不是財富或身體健康，因為我們發現有些乞丐，殘疾人和所謂的失敗者也都非常快樂。
快樂是一種意外的收穫，但保持快樂卻是一種成就，一種靈性的勝利。努力追尋快樂並不自私，實際上，這是我們對自己和他人應盡的責任。
不快樂就像傳染病，它使得人們都躲避不快樂的人。不快樂的人很快就會發現自己處於孤獨，悲慘，痛苦的境地。然而，有一種簡單得看似荒謬的治病良方：如果你不快樂，就假裝你很快樂!
這很有效。不久你就會發現，別人不再躲着你了，相反，你開始吸引別人了。你會發覺，做一塊能激起好意漣漪的小石頭有多麼值得。
然後假裝就變成了現實。你擁有了使心靈平靜的祕密，會因幫助他人而忘我。
一旦你認識到快樂是一種責任並使快樂成為習慣，通向不可思議的樂園的大門就會向你敞開，那裏滿是感激你的朋友。
勵志的英語短文6：Relish the MomentTucked away in our subconsciousness is an idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a long trip that spans the moment. We are traveling by train. Out the windows, we drink in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at a crossing, of cattle grazing on a distant hillside, of smoke pouring from a power plant, of row upon row of corn ad wheat, of flatlands and valleys, of mountains and rolling hillsides, of city skylines and village halls.
But uppermost in our minds is the final destination. On a certain day at a certain hour, we will pull into the station. Bands will be playing and flags waving. Once we get there, so many wonderful dreams will come true and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a completed jigsaw puzzle. How restlessly we pace the aisles, damning the minutes for loitering---waiting, waiting, waiting for the station.
“When we reach the station, that will be it!” we cry. “When I’m 18.” “When I buy a new 450SL Mercedes Benz!” “When I put the last kid through college.” “When I have paid off the mortgage!” “When I get a promotion.” “When I reach the age of retirement, I shall live happily ever after!”
Sooner or later, we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream. It constantly outdistances us.
It isn’t the burdens of today that drive men mad. It is the regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today.
So stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot more often, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more, cry less. Life must be lived as we go along. The station will come soon enough.
品味現在
我們的潛意識裏藏着一派田園詩般的風光! 我們彷彿身處一次橫貫大陸的漫漫旅程之中! 乘着火車, 我們領略着窗外流動的景色：附近高速公路上奔馳的汽車、十字路口處招手的孩童、遠山上吃草的牛羣、源源不斷地從電廠排放出的煙塵、一片片的玉米和小麥、平原與山谷、羣山與綿延的丘陵、天空映襯下城市的輪廓, 以及鄉間的莊園宅第!
然而我們心裏想得最多的卻是最終的目的地! 在某一天的某一時刻, 我們將會抵達進站! 迎接我們的將是樂隊和飄舞的彩旗! 一旦到了那兒, 多少美夢將成為現實, 我們的生活也將變得完整, 如同一塊理好了的拼圖! 可是我們現在在過道里不耐煩地踱來踱去, 咒罵火車的拖拖拉拉! 我們期待着, 期待着, 期待着火車進站的那一刻!
"當我們到站的時候, 一切就都好了! "我們呼喊着! "當我18歲的時候! ""當我有了一輛新450SL奔馳的時候! ""當我供最小的孩子唸完大學的時候! ""當我償清貸款的時候! ""當我官升高任的時候! ""當我到了退休的時候, 就可以從此過上幸福的生活啦! "
可是我們終究會認識到人生的旅途中並沒有車站, 也沒有能夠"一到永逸"的地方!生活的真正樂趣在於旅行的過程, 而車站不過是個夢, 它始終遙遙領先於我們!
真正令人發瘋的不是今日的負擔, 而是對昨日的悔恨及對明日的恐懼! 悔恨與恐懼是一對孿生竊賊, 將今天從你我身邊偷走!
那麼就不要在過道里徘徊吧, 別老惦記着你離車站還有多遠! 何不換一種活法, 將更多的高山攀爬, 多吃點兒冰淇淋甜甜嘴巴, 經常光着腳板兒溜達, 在更多的河流裏暢遊, 多看看夕陽西下, 多點歡笑哈哈, 少讓淚水滴答! 生活得一邊過一邊瞧! 車站就會很快到達!
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