2007-07-23 11:03:22蒼子
On Pride
On Pride
“Look out how you use proud words.
When you let proud words go, it is not easy to call them back.
They wear long boots, hard boots…
Look out how you use proud words.”
－CARL SANDBURG
There is in these words a primary lesson for individuals and classes and nations alike. All too often, we say the cruel and destructive things － because it is so much easier to be clever than to be kind. But in the long run, proud and angry words are the ones which cause trouble in our homes, our communities, and among nations.
Proud words are arrogant, intolerant, and savagely ignorant of the great fundamental truths － simplicity, humility, and ordinary human decency. They are indeed roughshod, and it is not easy to call them back.
勿出言傲慢
看你言詞傲慢，氣焰高張，須知一言既出，駟馬難追。－桑德堡
上面那段美國詩人桑德堡，對於每個人，每一階層及每一國家，都是一個最淺近的教訓。我們經常說些殘忍及毀滅性，因為自以為聰明遠較仁慈易於學習，可是曠日持久，傲慢和惱怒的言詞總會在我們的家庭、社會和整個國家中引起麻煩。
傲慢的言詞都是狂放、偏執和野蠻的，殊不知天地間所有基本的真理，都是單純、謙遜及有人性的。傲慢的言詞真正是任性的，並且一旦說出即難以收回。
“Look out how you use proud words.
When you let proud words go, it is not easy to call them back.
They wear long boots, hard boots…
Look out how you use proud words.”
－CARL SANDBURG
There is in these words a primary lesson for individuals and classes and nations alike. All too often, we say the cruel and destructive things － because it is so much easier to be clever than to be kind. But in the long run, proud and angry words are the ones which cause trouble in our homes, our communities, and among nations.
Proud words are arrogant, intolerant, and savagely ignorant of the great fundamental truths － simplicity, humility, and ordinary human decency. They are indeed roughshod, and it is not easy to call them back.
勿出言傲慢
看你言詞傲慢，氣焰高張，須知一言既出，駟馬難追。－桑德堡
上面那段美國詩人桑德堡，對於每個人，每一階層及每一國家，都是一個最淺近的教訓。我們經常說些殘忍及毀滅性，因為自以為聰明遠較仁慈易於學習，可是曠日持久，傲慢和惱怒的言詞總會在我們的家庭、社會和整個國家中引起麻煩。
傲慢的言詞都是狂放、偏執和野蠻的，殊不知天地間所有基本的真理，都是單純、謙遜及有人性的。傲慢的言詞真正是任性的，並且一旦說出即難以收回。
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