10月18日

人生是一本書
沈從文 ( 1902~1988 )

凡事都有偶然的湊巧，結果卻又如宿命的必然。

在這個世界上，
所有真性情的人，想法總是與眾不同。
有些路看起來很近，
走去卻很遠，缺少耐心永遠走不到頭。

征服自己的一切弱點，正是一個人偉大的起始。
我一生從不相信權力，只相信智慧。

人生實在是一本書，內容複雜，分量沉重，
值得翻到個人所能翻到的最後一頁，
而且必須慢慢的翻。

──選自《邊城》等

October 18

Life Is a Book
Shen Congwen (1902 - 1988)
English translation: Zhi Yue and Ellen Wong

Life is full of chances and coincidences. Therefore,
its results inevitably seem as if they are the products of fate.

In this world, temperamental people always seem
to have different viewpoints than everyone else. Even
though the distance of a path may seem close, but the
actual journey is lengthy; those who lack patience will
not finish their journey.

Overcoming all one's weaknesses marks the beginning
of a person of great character. All my life, I have
never believed in power, only wisdom.

Life is like a book, its contents are complex and
heavy; it is worth reading to the very last page, and
must be turned it slowly.

── from Bian Cheng (Border Town) and others