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星云大师的语录

星云大师的语录

以言语讥人，取祸之大端；以度量容人，集福之要术；以道德化人，得誉之流长。

敢于发问能问出智慧；长于听闻可闻出对话；善于沟通能谈出共识；勇于思考会想出创意；受于锻链能磨出实力；安于静修将修出道德。

人生中，感动是一时的，而感恩是一世的；荣耀是一时的，而影响是一世的；委屈是一时的，而成就是一世的。

当自己与别人见解上有冲突，彼此不能和谐相处时，我们便不快乐了。我们职业往上升之时，马上就欣然色喜；万一利益被人夺去了，我们即懊恼伤心。由于这些不能解决的问题，使我们生活在患得患失里。

我们或许有不少失败的记录，但是最后击败我们的，不是别人，正是自己；有信心又有力量，每个人都能从失败中成功。

不妄求是知足的生命，不投机是本份的性格，不计谋是诚实的做人，不自私是净化的身心。

微笑能助长我们的活力；宽恕能助长我们的气度；包容能助长我们的和谐；放生能助长我们的寿命；慈悲能助长我们的人缘；读经能助长我们的智能。

安排自己能获得快乐，充实自己能获得知识，掌握自己能获得平安，创造自己能获得成功。

一只手有五根手指头，每一根手指头长短不一，分开来每一根力道都很小，很容易折断；如果把它合起来，成为一个拳头，就有很大的力量。

感情像眼睛，容不了一粒细砂。连三岁小孩子对自己母亲的感情也往往不容许别人来占有，夫妻间的感情更不许有第三者的侵入。

如何用钱是智慧；宁可失去一切，却不能没有慈悲。

肚量多大，事业就有多大；要空出所有，才能建设一切。从管理上来说，我们的心能包容多大，就可以领导多少人。如果容得下一家人，可以作家长；容得下一村人，可以做村长；容得下一国人，也就可以做国君。管事容易，管人难；管人容易，管心难。

大事难事看担当；逆境顺境看襟度；临喜临怒看涵养；群行群止看识见。

往好处看，往大处想，往细处察，往深处解。

在每天生活里，凡事要求其心安，仰不愧于天，俯不怍于人，这是正确的思想见解。

一个人在生活里除了物质以外，还有很重要的精神生活，所谓精神，是一个人的思想见解，一个人的内心认识。

一个心里充满慈悲和道德的人，即使他身上只有一件粗布外衣，也不能减轻别人对他的尊敬；因为内在的美，恰如山谷的幽兰，洋溢着阵阵馨香，能使人心情怡悦。

生活的教育重于知识的教育，道德的教育重于功利的教育，普及的教育重于特权的教育，自觉的教育重于接受的教育。

骏马因万里奔驰，才有人赏识；做人能力争上游，才有人欣赏。

真正的力量是忍耐；真正的智能是宽厚；真正的慈悲是包容；真正的财富是满足。

思想要国际化，生活要律仪化，语言要古典化，学习要现代化。

为了体验人生，应以道德严律人格；为了追求学问，应以智慧扩充心光。

信其言而不察其行，是智者之愚；信其行而不察其言，是愚者之智；察其言亦察其行，是智者之智；不察言亦不察行，是愚者之愚。

能吃亏可以获得大便宜，能受苦可以获得大安乐，能和气可以获得大力量，能散财可以获得大聚集。

用感情换取他人的信仰，无法长久；用道德建立他人的尊敬，历久弥深。

愚者以为幸福在遥远的彼岸，聪明者懂得将周遭的事物培育成幸福。

目中有人助缘多，口中有德福报多，耳中清淨和谐多。

自学，是成功的动力；自律，是成功的条件；自信，是成功的方法；自尊，是成功的要素。

好事要提得起，是非要放得下。

心怀善念天天都好；里邻和睦处处是净。

要革新不可太快，愿人好不可太过，用人才不可太急，听发言不可太率，对自己不可太宽。

教育不倦是仁者，做事不苦是勤者，受苦不诉是能者。

在等待的日子里，刻苦读书谦卑做人，养得深根，以后才能树枝茂盛。

不做没有是非观念的小人。

研究要靠资料，发明得靠才华，读书需要深思，做事应该明辨。

人生没有真正的绝望。树，在秋天落下了树叶，很疼，可是整个冬天，他在安静里积蓄力量，来年芳华依然。

做人要如滚雪球，愈滚愈有人缘；做事要如织锦绣，愈织愈有成就。

要做行为正直坦然的君子。

世上本无事，庸人自扰之。知人很难知事亦难知理更难！可最重要的，人要知道自己，才能改进短处，发挥自己的长处。智慧是自知知人。知人者智自知者明。

贫困时，需要有志气；危难时，需要有勇气；富贵时，需要有义气；修持时，需要有道气。

THE PRINCIPLES AND THEORY OF MONTESSORI EDUCATION

THE PRINCIPLES AND THEORY OF MONTESSORI EDUCATION

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The principles of Montessori education were developed by Doctor Maria Montessori over many years of experimentation and observation. They are based on respect for students’ learning process. From the beginning, Doctor Montessori based her work on her observations of kids and experimentation with the learning space, materials, and lessons available to them. She opened her first classroom, the Casa dei Bambini in a tenement building. The classroom was established to serve underprivileged kids who many thought were unable to learn. She frequently referred to her work as scientific pedagogy. Montessori education is based on a model of human development. The Montessori Theory is an educational approach that emphasizes individualized instruction and self-paced learning.

Respect student

This involves respecting the uniqueness of every kid - their choice of their own work, their interests, their movement, correction of their own mistakes, and their own work pace. Montessori educators work and interact with children from a place of genuine respect.

Individualized learning

Montessori learning programs are personalized to each child based on their unique stage of development, interests, and needs. Lessons with the Montessori materials are presented one-on-one based on each student’s academic progress. Educators track each kid’s progress and support them as they progress through the curriculum.

The absorbent mind and the Sensitive stages

Doctor Maria Montessori’s research determined that the first six years of life are the most crucial in a kid’s development. She termed it the stage of the absorbent mind to describe the kid’s sponge-like capacity to absorb information from their learning space. During this time, kids rapidly develop an understanding of their culture, and their world, and construct the foundations of their intelligence and personality. Doctor Maria Montessori also observed that students go through specific stages in their development when they are most capable of learning specific knowledge areas and abilities. She described these stages are windows of opportunity for learning. Characteristics of sensitive periods include intense focus, repetition, commitment to a task, and greatly extended time of concentration.

Independence

Montessori is an education for independence. It provides students with the classrooms, materials, and guidance to learn to do and think for themselves. It views kids as born learners who are capable and willing to teach themselves when provided with the right stimulus. The ultimate goal of Montessori education is independence.

Auto education and intrinsic motivation

One of the core principles of the Montessori Method is the concept of auto-education. It’s based on the belief that students are capable and willing to teach themselves if they are provided with interesting learning stimuli. Montessori materials were developed to meet this need and empower kids with the ability to direct their own education. Montessori educators provide the prepared learning space, guidance, and the encouragement for students to educate themselves. The Montessori approach takes the view that learning is its own reward. In the Montessori classroom there aren't any rewards for students’ learning. They derive a sense of accomplishment from completing an activity and learning to do it for themselves.

Educating the whole kid with every aspect

Montessori education is focused on nurturing each kid’s potential by providing learning experiences that support their intellectual, physical, emotional and social development. In addition to language and mathematics, the Montessori Curriculum also covers practical life, sensorial, and culture. Every aspect of kids’ development and learning are intertwined and viewed as equally important.

Prepared classroom

The Montessori classroom is a carefully prepared learning space where everything has a purpose and a place. There is a distinct sense of order that assists kids in developing logical thought processes. Within this learning space, students follow their interests, choose their work, and progress at their own pace.

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愿中美关系更美好 PRAYING FOR THE CONSTANT POSITIVE US-CHINA RELATIONSHIP

愿中美关系更美好 

PRAYING FOR THE CONSTANT POSITIVE US-CHINA RELATIONSHIP

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中华人民共和国主席习近平正式对美国进行国事访问！感谢美国总统特朗普邀请！美国欢迎习近平主席和彭丽媛夫人访美，特朗普总统和第一夫人梅拉妮亚在白宫举行隆重仪式款待他们，各界人士认为此次访问将有力推动中美关系稳定可持续发展，引领双方进一步把元首共识转化为行动，开创大国关系新范式，使中美关系更美好！美方受访人士期待，在美中两国元首的正确引领下，此次会晤将为两国人民带来更多福祉，为世界的繁荣发展与和平稳定作出更大贡献。作为当今世界最伟大的两国，中美双边关系的重要大船更好更远前行，离不开两国元首的把舵领航。特朗普总统重返白宫以来，两国元首已进行多次通话和书信往来，今年特朗普总统又率领美国工商界杰出高管们对中国进行国事访问，在北京与习近平主席和官员们进行友好会晤，元首们的良好务实互动、倾听彼此关切和加强协商、相互尊重与扩大共识达成了丰富成果，改善发展了中美关系，美国企界对中国的尊重和重视，加强拓展了对华互利合作。各界人士期待习近平主席和同行官员们的访美将推动中美两国增进信任、巩固发展两国友好合作。习主席在上次对美国事访问期间到访过林肯中学，应习主席之邀，林肯中学百余名师生在一年后访华，时任校长真切体会到，师生们的互动使美中青年彼此参与了解，让跨越大洋的两国友谊不断延续，他确信习主席此次访问将推动越来越多年轻人成为美中友谊的传承使者。美国媒体人琼斯相信，人民对美好未来的共同追求能推动美中两国人民长久友好，习近平主席的访美将汇聚更多中美相向而行的力量，不仅关乎两国人民福祉，且关乎世界的前途命运。特朗普总统赞赏，习近平主席对美国的国事访问是伟大的访问，美国和中国都是大国，我同习近平主席是好朋友，在我们的领导下，美中关系定能搞好。习近平主席在访美时强调，中美两国元首在不到半年时间里实现互访，在中美关系史上是前所未有的，我和特朗普总统共同为中美关系的大船领航掌舵，中国欢迎美国企业来华投资兴业，中美两国完全可以在务实合作里互利共赢，推进中美人民友好，让两国人民和世界人民更受惠。中美元首都认为，两国工贸团队举行新一轮磋商取得了新的成果，对中美产业界和人民乃至世界都是好消息，双方要保持对话，达成更好的协议。人工智能关乎人类未来，中美都是人工智能大国，双方虽然有竞争，可是更可以合作，以人为本向上向善。美中相互尊重和平共处增进合作不仅成就互惠，使中美共同发展各自繁荣，让两国人民相近相知做朋友，共同开创两国美好的未来关系，而且将使整个世界获益，为人们带来福祉。祈祷神的祝福与中美两国同在！

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QUOTES FROM THE FAMOUS SCIENTIST MARIE CURIE

QUOTES FROM THE FAMOUS SCIENTIST MARIE CURIE

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I am among those who think that science has great beauty.

Scientists believe in things, not in person.

You must never be fearful of what you are doing when it is right.

Never to let one’s self be beaten down by persons or by events.

Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

One never notices what has been done. One can only see what remains to be done.

We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.

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THE BEAUTIFUL AND INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES OF PEACE

THE BEAUTIFUL AND INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES OF PEACE

Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through you. ― Germany Kent

A quiet conscience makes one strong! ― Anne Frank

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace. ― Aristotle

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. ― Siddhārtha Gautama

True peace is not merely the absence of war, it is the presence of justice. ― Jane Addams

Peace is the only battle worth waging. ― Albert Camus

Gratitude is one of the most powerful human emotions. Once expressed, it changes attitude, brightens outlook, and broadens our perspective. ― Germany Kent

When you do the right thing, you get the feeling of peace and serenity associated with it. Do it again and again. ― Roy T Bennett

Compassion is the signature of Higher Consciousness. Non-violence is the tool to evolve into the Higher Consciousness. ― Amit Ray

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明君和贤相典故

唐太宗李世民是一个英明盖世的明君，他开创了著名的贞观之治，虚心纳谏开疆拓土，厉行俭约轻税薄赋，使百姓休养生息，各民族和睦相处国泰民安，为后来唐朝极盛时期的开元盛世奠定了重要基础。魏征又名称魏徵，在唐太宗即位以后，他作为太宗的重要谏议大夫，曾恳切要求太宗使他充当对治国有用的良臣。魏征以才识超卓、耿直不曲敢于直谏著称。此大臣每进切谏，虽极端激怒太宗，却不顾个人安危，神色自若不稍动摇，使太宗为之折服。为了维护和巩固唐朝的统治，魏征曾先后陈谏200多事，劝戒太宗以历史的教训为鉴，励行图治任贤纳谏，以仁义道德行事，他的大多数劝戒受到了太宗采纳。现在让我们一起来看唐太宗与魏征的君臣佳话。

魏征曾请假去故乡，回来后对皇上说：“听人说，皇上打算去山上游玩，一切已安排妥当整装待发。可居然又不去了，是什么原因呢？” 唐太宗笑答：“起初确实有此打算，可担心你责怪，所以就半路停下了。”

有一次，唐太宗问学识渊博为人正直的魏征说：“历史上的人君，为什么有的人明智，有的人昏庸？” 魏征说：“多听听各方面的意见，就明智；只听单方面的话，即昏庸。治天下的人君如果能够采纳下面的意见，那末下情就能上达，一些人即使想蒙蔽皇上都蒙蔽不了。” 唐太宗肯定魏征说得多好啊！

话说唐太宗李世民是人不是神，人都有生气时，他认为我是一个皇上，魏征就不能在朝堂之上让我，给我留些面子吗？可即使魏征把李世民劝火了，明君唐太宗仔细思量以后，却选择宽宏大量，甘愿让此谏议大夫折磨自己。

魏征是唐朝著名的谏诤之臣，他之所以敢当面直言，是因为唐太宗乃品德高尚贤明之君！李世民虚心纳谏，对魏征倍加敬重。魏征进谏如故，思尽其用知无不言，从不畏皇上之怒。于是君臣合璧举国得益，终于开创了大唐贞观之治的辉煌盛世。

唐太宗说过那句堪称对魏征人生价值的最佳注释，一个人用铜作镜子，可以照见衣帽是不是穿戴得端正；用历史作镜子，可以看到国家兴亡的原因；用人作镜子，可以发现自己做得对不对。君临天下的皇上，对一个良臣竟倚重如此，这在历史上的确不多见。魏征敢于直谏和唐太宗善于纳谏，在我们看来都特别可贵。

李世民重用魏征，成就一段历史佳话，也吸引天下才子和学子来投奔，大唐迎来了第一个盛世年代。魏征是唐太宗李世民的贤相，对于李世民来说，魏征是他的一面镜子，可以看清楚自己。他们的关系是君臣又是朋友，当然有不和之时，可明君唐太宗和贤相魏征有能力和度量把不和变为和平！

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难得糊涂吃亏是福 SOMETIMES IGNORANCE IS A BLISS AND SUFFERING A LOSS IS A BLESSING

难得糊涂吃亏是福

SOMETIMES IGNORANCE IS A BLISS AND SUFFERING A LOSS IS A BLESSING

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翰墨郑板桥是清代著名书画大师，乾隆时进士，江苏兴化人，人称板桥先生。郑板桥一生绘了很多画，写了不少字，他著有一千余首诗，百余首词以及对联、曲、序跋碑记等存在世上。郑板桥的诗自由流畅洒脱倜傥；他的词豪放慷慨，悠扬细腻直面人生；他的联立意高远；其绘画作品以竹、兰佐以奇石，竹挺拔清瘦，兰幽然萧散，石秀灵奇特，在郑板桥眼里，兰竹石寓意人坚贞不屈，坚韧不拔正直无私、心地光明品格高洁等品德，体现了出污泥而不染的画风；其书法被称之为板桥体，风格潇洒错落有序。乾隆九年时，郑板桥被派往山东范县任县令，开始了他的官场生涯，后来自范县调署潍县。他为官力求简肃，视排衙喝道之类的礼仪为桎梏。为察看民情访问疾苦，他常不坐轿子身着便服到乡下察访，因他重视农桑体察民意兴民休息，百姓们安居乐业，他的政绩显著，很得百姓拥戴。

郑板桥题过著名的难得糊涂和吃亏是福，这不仅是对人生哲学的推崇，且包含了传统智慧；既有艺术欣赏价值，又有道德教化意义，目前被制成各种礼品式的拓片或横幅字画。

郑板桥写的难得糊涂字幅下，还有他题的一行款跋，聪明难，糊涂难，由聪明而转入糊涂更难。放一著，退一步，当下安心，非图后来福报也。郑板桥从不糊涂，他之所以题写难得糊涂，原意是在特定状况下，该装糊涂时难得糊涂，在复杂的社会关系里，不必凡事计较，有时装糊涂能减轻矛盾，获得别人的感恩和更好的结果，难得糊涂展示了一种处世智慧和人生态度。

吃亏是福是难得糊涂最恰切的解释，又是我们民族的传统美德，在某些状况下，吃亏能积累人缘和赢得尊重。这吃亏不是真正的损失，却是长远的投资。

老子觉悟了难得糊涂道无为

庄子觉悟了难得糊涂道逍遥

孔子觉悟了难得糊涂道中庸

墨子觉悟了难得糊涂道非攻

如来觉悟了难得糊涂道忘我

世上万事唯有装糊涂和甘愿吃亏最难，人不可太尽，事不可太清，难得糊涂是大彻大悟的哲学，吃亏是福为上道大境界，在人生的道路上，有时不仅得学会适时地糊涂，别太在乎眼前的得失，又要明白吃亏是福，把吃亏看作是人生的财富。这是对人修养与道德的期许，不仅有豁达包容平和向上的人生态度，又包含了在复杂社会里生存发展的聪明智慧。

（感谢百度百科和个人图书馆介绍书画大师郑板桥和解释难得糊涂吃亏是福，若有侵权请告知。）

强帮强则强人永强

强帮强则强人永强

(感谢头条汇提供上图，若有侵权请告知。)

天时不如地利，地利不如人和。

The great teamwork trumps resources and timing.

人一生，最重要的是选对队伍。

The most important thing is choosing the right team.

穷人无法和富豪斗，富商不能和官府斗。

The poor cannot compete with the rich man. It is better the wealthy does not challenge the authorized government.

话不能乱说，事不能乱做，错一步，是万丈深渊。

Think before speak or act; one careless sentence or incorrect move can be disastrous.

你若强，遇到的总是好人，你若弱，遇到的都是坏人，你成功，整个世界都对你微笑。

Strong people always attracts good fortune; weakness meet cool people. If you succeed, everyone will smile at you.

运来铁变金，运去金变铁。

Fortune is fickle; it can rise and fall quickly.

人与人最好的关系 - 彼此成就互为贵人。

The ideal relationship is constant help and support each other.

强帮强则强人永强。

The Strong alliances will create great strength.

人活着，最重要的是顺势而为。

Go with the flow is the secret to a good lifetime.

（感谢网易和个人图书馆教导我们，若有侵权请告知。）