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The supreme desire of my heart is not to be learned, rich, famous, powerful or “good”, but simply to be radiant1. I want to radiate health, cheer, calm, courage and good will.
我內心的愿望并不是變得博學、富有、聲名遠揚、強大或“好”，我僅僅是想要光芒四射地“活起來”。我渴望散發(fā)出健康、愉悅、冷靜、勇氣和良好意愿的氣息。
I wish to live without hate, jealousy, envy and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural, clean in mind and clean in body, unaffected — ready to say “I don’t know” if in fact I don’t, to meet all men in terms of absolute equality and to feel unafraid of any obstacle.
我希望遠離仇恨、妒羨、忌妒和恐懼。我想要活得簡單、正直、坦率、淳樸、身心潔凈、不加矯飾 —— 當我不知道某些事時，我會說“我不知道”，而不是假裝知道；我想要對所有人都一視同仁，而當我面對任何困難時，我都會變得無所畏懼。
I wish others to live their lives, too, to their highest, fullest and best. To that end I pray that I may never interfere, dictate, duanwenw.com give unwanted advice, or assist when my services are not needed. If I can help, I’ll do it by giving a person the chance to help himself; and if I can uplift or inspire, let it be by example, inference and suggestion, rather than by order or assertion. That is to say, I desire to be radiant — to radiate life.
我希望其他人也能“活起來”，過上他們最極致、最充實、最完滿的生活。為此，我企盼自己不要去干涉、支配、提出不必要的建議或提供并不需要的協(xié)助。如果我能幫助他人，我所做的就是給他們一個自助的機會；如果可以，我會通過事例、推理和建議，而不是通過命令或斷言來振奮或啟發(fā)他們。也就是說，我渴望能夠“活起來”，渴望一個“活的”人生。
The supreme desire of my heart is not to be learned, rich, famous, powerful or “good”, but simply to be radiant1. I want to radiate health, cheer, calm, courage and good will.
我內心的愿望并不是變得博學、富有、聲名遠揚、強大或“好”，我僅僅是想要光芒四射地“活起來”。我渴望散發(fā)出健康、愉悅、冷靜、勇氣和良好意愿的氣息。
I wish to live without hate, jealousy, envy and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural, clean in mind and clean in body, unaffected — ready to say “I don’t know” if in fact I don’t, to meet all men in terms of absolute equality and to feel unafraid of any obstacle.
我希望遠離仇恨、妒羨、忌妒和恐懼。我想要活得簡單、正直、坦率、淳樸、身心潔凈、不加矯飾 —— 當我不知道某些事時，我會說“我不知道”，而不是假裝知道；我想要對所有人都一視同仁，而當我面對任何困難時，我都會變得無所畏懼。
I wish others to live their lives, too, to their highest, fullest and best. To that end I pray that I may never interfere, dictate, duanwenw.com give unwanted advice, or assist when my services are not needed. If I can help, I’ll do it by giving a person the chance to help himself; and if I can uplift or inspire, let it be by example, inference and suggestion, rather than by order or assertion. That is to say, I desire to be radiant — to radiate life.
我希望其他人也能“活起來”，過上他們最極致、最充實、最完滿的生活。為此，我企盼自己不要去干涉、支配、提出不必要的建議或提供并不需要的協(xié)助。如果我能幫助他人，我所做的就是給他們一個自助的機會；如果可以，我會通過事例、推理和建議，而不是通過命令或斷言來振奮或啟發(fā)他們。也就是說，我渴望能夠“活起來”，渴望一個“活的”人生。