常用观点和名句

常用语句、观点


一般现象

冰冻三尺，非一日之寒
A great estate is not gotten a few hours.

仁者见仁，智者见智
Different people, different opinion.

冰山一角

水能载舟，也能覆舟
The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows.

解铃还须系铃人
Who will bell the cat?

治标不治本、头痛医头，脚痛医脚、标本兼治
To cure the symptoms, not the disease, hence used of temporary
remedies of relief in medicine or social problems.

预防胜于治疗 Prevention is better than cure

他山之石，可以攻玉
Another’s good quality or suggestion whereby one can remedy
one’s own defects. // Advice from others may help one overcome
one's shortcomings

千里之行，始于足下
1. a thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step.
2. He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

二人同心，其利断金
If two persons are of the same mind, their combined
determination will overcome all obstacles.



家庭教育

上梁不正下梁歪
A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.

养不教，父之过
To bear children without education them is always the fault of
the father.

望子成龙，望女成凤
To hope one’s children will have a bright future.

身教重于言教
Example is better than precept



朋友

近朱者赤，近墨者黑
One who mixes with vermillion will turn red; one who touches
pitch shall be defiled therewith.// Evil communications corrupt
good manners.

益者三友：友直、友谅、友多闻
There are three kinds of beneficial friends: make friends with
those who are straightforward and those who are sincere and
knowledgeable.



学校教育

德智体群美，五育并重

十年树木，百年树人
It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to bring up a
generation of good men.


社会环境

文凭挂帅
Certificate to be in command.

金钱挂帅、功利主义
Money is almighty.// Material gain

万般皆下品，唯有读书高
To be a scholar is to be the top of society.

色情、暴力媒介泛滥

出淤泥而不染、社会是个大染缸



价值观（人生、审美、道德）

金钱、物质享受是身外之物，生不带来，死不带去

内在美比外在美重要

美并不是绝对的

世界上最宽阔的东西是海洋，比海洋更宽阔的是天空，比天空更宽阔的是人的心灵。（雨果－法国Victor Hugo）

给予比接受更快乐。《圣经》



国民素质
（道德勇气、怕输心态、公德心、自私、睦邻、爱国）

多一事不如少一事、睁一眼闭一眼、明哲保身
Keep out of harm by discretion.

个人自扫，门前雪，莫管他人瓦上霜
Let every man skin his own shrunk / to mind one’s own business.
// A still tongue keeps a wise head.

已所不欲，勿施于人
Do not do to others what you don’t want to be done to you.

国家兴亡，匹夫有责
All men share a common responsibility for the events of their
nation.

鸡犬之声相闻，老死不相往来
To live nearby or in the neighborhood, but to be completely
isolated from each other.

修身齐家治国平天下
To cultivate oneself and put family in order, rule the country and
give peace to the world.



励志
（知错能改、毅力、惜时）

人非圣贤，孰能无过？过而改之，善莫大焉
All men are apt to make mistakes but saint, it’s a good thing if
you can correct from your errors.

我要扼住命运的咽喉，不让命运征服我

不经一番寒彻骨，哪得梅花扑鼻香？
Without sorrows none become Buddhas. (不受磨难不成佛)

抛弃时间的人，时间也抛弃他

人生的光荣不在于永不失败，而在于能够屡仆屡起

时间有如海绵里的水，肯挤，总是有的



压力

压力如同胆固醇，有好坏之分

竞争和欲望是压力的两大根源