罗马皇帝MarcusAurelius及其名言.docVIP

罗马皇帝Marcus Aurelius 在古罗马帝国衰退前期统治这个公元160年期间的欧亚大国十六年。他就是2000年电影Gladiators 中那个即将死去的老人。他遗留下来的一本笔记“感悟”，或者说“给自己的教训”，我读来觉得和佛陀的教诲很相似，也和中国的老子道德经不谋而合。他的思想继承了古希腊的精神，而古希腊的哲学思想，和古中华的哲学思想又是非常相似的。 Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antonius) was a Roman Emperor, who lived and ruled the Roman Empire in the 1th century AD. He is the dying Emperor in the 2000 movie Gladiator, who supposedly favors his most trusted General Maximus, rather than his own son Commodus, to inherit his post. Marcus Aurelius is most famously known for his private notebook known as the Meditations, or Words to Myself. Here are some quotes from this Emperor of Roman Empire: · Let it be your constant habit to look into the motivations behind peoples actions, and see what they would be, as often as it is possible; and to make this habit the more significant, practice it first upon yourself. 让自己不断地留意别人的动机是什么，更有意义的是，首先练习观察自己的动机。 · Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart. 接受无法改变的事物，爱缘份带到你身边的人，且用全心。 · “An angry look on the face is wholly against nature. If it be assumed frequently, beauty begins to perish, and in the end is quenched beyond rekindling.” 愤怒的脸色是反自然的。如果经常发脾气，美丽会渐渐消失，并且最终无法挽回。 · Look always at the whole picture, rather than paying attention only to the surface or parts of it.” 尽量拭着把握整体的局面，而非只注意表面或局部。 · Everything that happens does so as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so. 一切所发生的是合乎其因的，虽然不尽合理。如果你小心观查，你会发现是如此。 · Execute every act of your life as though it were your last. Never anxious, never apathetic, never with an attitude - here is the perfection of character.” 像做最后一件事一样做你的每件事。不烦燥，不痲木，亦不带有偏见。 · Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today helps you deal with the present. 不要被不可预测的未来烦扰。如果你无法躲避，你会用你面对现在的理性去面对它。 · Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear. So here is a rule to remember in future,