罗马皇帝MarcusAurelius和其名言.doc

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 200 0 年电影 Gladiator s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 1 th century AD. He is the dying Emperor in the 2000 movie Gladiator, who supposedly favors his most trusted General Maximus, rather than his own modus, 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 people's 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。如果经常暴躁发脾气,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