Happiness 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.
In a calm sea every man is a pilot. But all sunshine without shade, all pleasure without pain, is not life at all.Take the lot of the happiest - it is a tangled yarn.Bereavements and blessings,one following another, make us sad and blessed by turns. Even death itself makes life more loving. Men come closest to their true selves in the sober moments of life, under the shadows of sorrow and loss.
形状和色彩有一种奇妙的力，能在默默之中支配大众的心。例如春花的美能使人心兴奋，秋月的美能使人心沉静；人在晴天格外高兴，在阴天就大家懒洋洋地。山乡的居民大都忠厚，水乡的居民大都活泼，也是因为常见山或水，其心暗中受其力的支配，便养成了特殊的性情。 用人工巧妙地配合形状、色彩的，叫做美术。配合在平面上的是绘画，配合在立体上的是雕塑，配合在实用上的是建筑。因为是用人工巧妙地配合的，故其...
大自然本身始终是一间疗养院。它如果不能治愈别的疾病，至少能够治愈人类的狂妄自大的病。大自然不得不使人类意识到他自己的分位；在大自然的背景里，人类往往可以意识到他自己的分位。中国绘画在山水画中总是把人画得那么小，原因便在于此。在一幅名叫“雪后看山”的中国山水画中，要找到那个雪后看山的人是很难的。在细寻一番之后，你发见他坐在一棵松树下——在一幅高十五吋的画里，他那蹲坐的身体只有一吋高，而且是以几...
我今天所要讲的，是“图画与人生”。就是图画对人有什么用处？就是做人为什么要描图画，就是图画同人生有什么关系？ 这问题其实很容易解说：图画是给人看看的。人为了要看看，所以描图画。图画同人生的关系，就只是“看看”。“看看”，好像是很不重要的一件事，其实同衣食住行四大事一样重要。这不是我在这里说大话，你只要问你自己的眼睛，便知道。眼睛这件东西，实在很奇怪：看来好像不要吃饭，不要穿衣，...
中国旧有教育，标举“涵养”二字，注重德性之薰陶，与现代所谓教育，趋重学分不同。有学分，未必有学问，有学问，未必有涵养。中国认学问与涵养为一事，此为中国传统教育之一大特点，与德国教育注重鸿博精研，法国教育注重艺术陶养不同，而与英国教育之注重性格培成亦大迥异。英国之所谓性格，原文为character不但中文不可译，法德文皆不可译，因此字含义，特指坚毅、恒心、镇静、蕴藉、临危不惧、见义勇为、服从纪...
Be Whole in Life（追求人生的完整） 立即阅读
Once a circle missed a wedge. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly, it admired the flowers along the way. It chatted with worms. It enjoyed the sunshine. It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on searching.
Cherish every moment（珍惜每一刻） 立即阅读
My brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister's bureau and lifted out a tissue-wrapped package. "This," he said, "is not a slip. This is lingerie." He discarded the tissue and handed me the slip. It was exquisite; silk, handmade and trimmed with a cobweb of lace. The price tag with an astronomical figure on it was still attached. "Jan bought this the first time we went to New York, at least 8 or 9 years ago. She never wore it. She was saving it for a special occasion. Well, I guess this is the occasion."
If were a boy again（如果再回到童年） 立即阅读
If I were a boy again,I would practise perseverance more often,and never give up a thing because it was hard or inconvenient.If we want light,we must conquer darkness.Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results.“There are only two creatures,”says a proverb;“who can surmount the pyramids-the eagle and the snail.”
Industry significance（勤劳的意义） 立即阅读
The significant inscription found on an old key "If I rest, I rust" would be an excellent motto for those who are afflicted with the slightest taint of idleness. Even the most industrious might adopt it with advantage to serve as a reminder that, if one allows his faculties to rest, like the iron in the unused key, they will soon show signs of rust and, ultimately, cannot do the work required of them.