3. The Heart – Aphorisms
3. 心：格言

The length of his heart man shows by his tolerance. The width of his heart man shows by his endurance. The height of his heart man shows by his power of understanding. The depth of his heart man shows by the capacity of assimilating all.

一個人心的「長度」，顯現在他的寬容；心的「寬度」，顯現在他的堅忍；心的「高度」，顯現在他的理解力；心的「深度」，則顯現在他包容並吸納一切的能力。

The heart of man is the shrine of God. Take care when you touch it lest you may hurt the Unseen Dweller within.

人的心是神的聖殿。當你觸及它時，務必小心，免得傷害了居於其中那位不可見者。

Never hurt human feelings in thought, word or deed. The human heart is so delicate; it is like a fine tissue. Once there is a tear in the tissue you can repair it — yet the tear remains. And so it is with the human heart; once there is a tear in it, it can never be healed.

無論在思想、言語或行為上，都不要傷害人的感受。人的心極其纖細，就像一匹細緻的織物；一旦被撕裂，雖然可以修補，裂痕卻仍然存在。人的心也是如此；一旦受到撕裂，便再也無法完全復原。

When God’s divine love rises as a wave, it washes away the sins of the whole life in a moment, for law has no power to stand before love: the stream of love sweeps it away.

當神聖之愛如浪潮般湧起，便能在一瞬間洗去一生的罪過；因為律法在愛面前毫無力量，愛的洪流會將它一掃而去。

When we find faults and see no excuse, we are blind to the light which can free a person from his faults and give rise to that forgiveness which is the very essence of God — to be found in the human heart.

當我們只看見一個人的過失，卻看不見任何可以寬宥之處時，我們便看不見那道能使人脫離過失的光；也看不見由這道光所生起的寬恕——而這份寬恕正是神的本質，就在人心之中。

The very thought of the love of God fills the heart with joy and makes it light of its burden.

僅僅想到神的愛，便能使心充滿喜悅，也使心中的重擔變得輕盈。

The heart in its depth is linked up with the divine Mind; so in the depth of the heart there is greater Justice than on the surface.

心在最深處與神性的頭腦相連；因此，在心的深處，有著比表層更深的公義。

The brain may be said to be the seat of the intelligence and the heart to be the throne of wisdom.

可以說，大腦是智性之所在，而心則是智慧的王座。

As the heart expands so the horizon becomes wider, and one finds greater and greater scope in which to build the kingdom of God.

心愈擴展，視野也愈寬廣；人便會發現越來越廣大的天地，讓神的國度得以在其中建立。

Man’s heart is like a piece of ground; you may sow anything in it and rear it.

人心就像一片土地；你可以在其中播下任何種子，並使它生長。

When the fruit comes, then man knows whether it was a sweet fruit or a poison.

當果實結成時，人便知道自己種下的，究竟是甘甜的果實，還是毒物。

The heart, when it is not living and making its life a life of love, feels out of place, and all the discomfort of life comes from this.

當一顆心沒有真正活著，沒有使自己的生命成為愛的生命時，它便會感到與生命格格不入；人生中的種種不安與不適，皆由此而來。

My respondent heart be still—be still and listen to the consoling voice of God.

我那有所感應的心啊，靜下來吧——靜下來，聆聽神撫慰的聲音。

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