12/19 聖誕快樂!

  • 我堅信,如果我們繼續講述聖誕故事,唱聖誕詩歌,活出聖誕精神,我們就能為這個世界帶來喜樂、幸福與和平。(皮爾博士)I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world.(Norman Vincent Peale)
  • 基督來到世上的核心目的,是要為人的罪獻上自己的生命作為祭物;祂為著死降世,這是聖誕節的核心。(葛理翰)The very purpose of Christ’s coming into the world was that He might offer up His life as a sacrifice for the sins of men. He came to die. This is the heart of Christmas.(Billy Graham)
  • 主啊!請在這個聖誕節賜福予我們,有沉靜的心,教導我們忍耐,總是以恩慈相待。Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind.(Helen Steiner Rice美國作家)
  • 聖誕節是充滿喜樂與愛的日子,願上帝使你在這兩方面都非常富有。Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both.(Phillips Brooks美國牧師,《小伯利恆》詩歌的作者)
  • 如果沒有得著基督同在的禮物,世上所有其他聖誕禮物就都一文不值。All the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ.(David Jeremiah美國牧師)

 

12/05 聖誕快樂!

  • 聖誕節發源於上帝的心,但只有在它觸及人的心靈時,聖誕節的意義才達完全。當你得著一個命令時,為何還等候著要得著一個呼召呢?Christmas began in the heart of God. It is complete only when it reaches the heart of man. Why wait for a call when you have a command?(Robert Hughes)
  • 我不認為聖誕節一定必須關乎什麼事物,而是關乎彼此的善意,關乎基督徒倫理,關乎仁慈。I don’t think Christmas is necessarily about things. It’s about being good to one another, it’s about the Christian ethic, it’s about kindness.(Carrie Fisher美國演員)
  • 愛在聖誕節降臨,一切可愛之愛,神聖的愛;愛在聖誕節降生,星星與天使給出了標記。Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine; Love was born at Christmas; Star and angels gave the sign.(Christina Rossetti英國詩人)
  • 我們看聖誕節是一種上帝與人類之間的邂逅與相遇,偉大的相遇,歷史性的相遇,決定性的相遇。 有信心的人會真實明白,並因此喜樂。(教宗保祿六世)We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.(Pope Paul VI)
  • 在我們的世界中,曾經有一次,馬槽裡有個東西比我們整個世界都大。(魯益師)Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world.(C.S. Lewis)

 

11/21 感恩節

  • 當我們表達感謝時,不要忘記最高的感激不是說什麼話,而是帶著感恩的心來生活。(甘迺迪總統)As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.(John Fitzgerald Kennedy)
  • 我為我所是和我所擁有的而感恩,我的感恩是恆久持續的。(亨利.梭羅)I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.(Henry David Thoreau)
  • 我們更多讚美,就會更少憂慮;感恩是不知足、不滿意的仇敵。We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction.(Harry Ironside)
  • 我們的祈求與感謝必須是並行的,我們禱告時活潑跳躍,在讚美上卻跛足。(司布真)There should be a parallel between our supplications and our thanksgivings. We ought not to leap in prayer, and limp in praise.(Charles Haddon Spurgeon)
  • 如果你一生中,惟一說出來的禱告是「謝謝你」,那也就夠了!If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.(Meister Eckhart,德國神學家、哲學家)
  • 感謝將會釋放出生命中的豐盛。Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.(Melody Beattie,美國作家)
  • 感恩卻不說出來,就像包好禮物,卻沒給出去一樣。Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.(William Arthur Ward,美國作家)
  • 我們必須找出時間,停一下,向那些在我們生命中帶來改變的人表達感恩。(甘迺迪總統)We must find the time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.(John F. Kennedy)

 

11/07 台灣諺語

  • 嘴是無底深坑。
  • 看人吃肉,毋通看人相扑。
  • 嚴官府,出厚賊;嚴父母,出阿里不達。
  • 細漢偷挽葫,大漢偷牽牛。
  • 衫著新,人著舊。
  • 膨風水蛙邰無肉。
  • 卡講嗎講過去,講完就忘記,坐著就哈欠,倒咧睏不去。
  • 也著神,也著人。
  • 看醫生,著吃藥;問神明,著有毋對。
  • 有天理,才有地理。

 

10/24 台灣諺語

  • 乎鬼驚到有醫,乎人驚到沒醫。(屬靈爭戰的核心是己生命)
  • 暗暝想到全頭路,日時做來沒半步。
  • 少年袂曉想,吃老毋成樣。
  • 千金買厝,萬金買厝邊。
  • 作田愛有好田底,娶新婦愛揀好娘嬭。
  • 三年一閏,好壞照輪。
  • 心歹無人知,嘴歹上厲害。
  • 三代粒積,一代傾空。
  • 人情世事陪夠夠,無鼎閣無灶。
  • 猴也會跋落樹腳。
  • 賺錢有數,性命要顧。
  • 做著歹田望後冬,娶著歹某一世人。

 

10/10 給大學畢業生2

  • 去吧!去犯一些有趣的錯誤,去犯另一些榮耀而奇妙的錯誤;打破規則,讓這世界因著你活在其中而變得更有趣。去創造美好的藝術吧!Now go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for you being here. Make good art.(英國猶太裔名作家Neil Gaiman)
  • 成功,乃是在一個又一個的失敗中,不失去熱忱的能力。Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.(邱吉爾Winston Churchill)
  • 我的人生將會是另一個大學,但願我能好好地畢業,贏得名譽尊榮。Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors.(美國小說家,《小婦人》的作者Louisa May Alcott)
  • 教育最崇高的目標,乃是寬容。The highest result of education is tolerance.(Helen Keller)
  • 智能加上品格,這是教育的真實目標。Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.(Martin Luther King Jr.)
  • 投資在知識上,通常會獲得豐厚的利潤。An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.(Benjamin Franklin)

 

09/26 給大學畢業生1

  • 從你在的地方開始,使用你已擁有的,去做你能做的事。Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.(美國網球名星Arthur Ashe)
  • 你若跌倒,也是向前跌倒;每一次失敗的實驗,都離成功更近了一步。你必須承擔風險。Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success. You've got to take risks.(Denzel Washington)
  • 你還沒有工作?趕快去找到一個,任何一個工作!不要坐在家裡,等著魔法帶來的機會。你要去做一些事,直到你能做其他的事。You don't have a job? Get one. Any job! Don't sit at home waiting for the magical opportunity. Do something until you can do something else.(美國編劇與導演Shonda Rhimes)
  • 你每一天所走的道路,是你的品格與角色、你的所是,越來越得著定位的過程;如同拍照時,相機會逐漸聚焦一般。Your path is your character defining itself more and more every day, like a photograph coming into focus.(美國名演員與導演Jodie Foster)

 

09/12 金言雋語5

  • 任何人若想除去苦難,也就同時除去了愛。(教宗本篤16世)
  • 誰能使你來到我心裡,擄掠我的心,使它著迷,以致我忘記我的敗壞而牢牢抓住你,成為我此生至愛至寶?(奧古斯丁)Who will make it so you come into my heart and captivate it, so I can forget my rottenness and take hold of you, the one good thing in my life?
  • 愛國主義是邪惡的美德。(王爾德)
  • 族群的愛,有時候是最墮落的愛。(魯益師)

 

08/29 金言雋語4

  • 多半的人決心要多麼快樂,就能有多麼快樂!(亞伯拉罕.林肯)You can be so happy as much as you aim to be.
  • 除非得你允許,沒有人能使你難過。(羅斯福夫人)
  • 世上分配的最公平的東西應該是良心了,因為從未有人抱怨他缺少良心!(法國思想家蒙田Michael Eyquem de Montaigne, 1533~1592)
  • 栽種思想,收成言語;栽種言語,收成行為;栽種行為,收成習慣;栽種習慣,收成品格;栽種品格,收成命運。Sow a thought, reap a word; sow a word, reap a deed; sow a deed, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.
  • 品格乃是你在暗中所表現出來的所是。(慕迪)Character is what you are in the dark.(D. L. Moody)
  • 我相信基督教就好像我相信太陽已經升起,不只是因為我看見它,而是因為我藉著它得以看見其他一切。(魯益師)

 

08/15 金言雋語3

  • 假如我的生命不結果子,誰讚賞我,都不重要;假如我的生命多結果子,誰批評我,也都不重要。(本仁約翰,劉秀慧轉述)
  • 牙買加一教師問一黑人小孩:「怎樣的人是最溫柔的人?」孩子答道:「最溫柔的人,就是以最柔和的話,回答最粗暴的話的人。」(劉秀慧轉述)
  • 一年輕人問莫札特怎樣寫交響樂,他回答說:「你還年輕,先從寫民歌開始吧!」那年輕人說:「可是你自己十歲就開始寫交響樂呢!」莫札特笑了笑回答說:「可我也沒有問過人家如何寫交響樂呢!」
  • 如果船長的最高目標是保住他的船(比作教會),這船永遠出不了港。(Thomas Aquinas)

 

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