《瓦爾登湖》經典語錄

You must live in the present， launch yourself on every wave， find your eternity[永恒] in each moment.

你必須活在當下，把握每一個機會，尋找每一刻屬于你的永恒。

A man is rich in proportion[比例] to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.

一個人越是能夠對許多事情釋然，他越是富有。

What sort of space is that which separates a man from his fellows and makes him solitary[孤獨]？ I have found that no exertion[努力] of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.

人和人群要被怎樣的空間分開才會感到寂寞呢？我已經找到答案了，人腿再努力也只能讓人們走在一起，卻無法使他們的心彼此靠近。

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it； but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away， but eternity remains.

時間只是我垂釣的溪。我喝溪水，喝水的時候我看到它那沙底，它多么淺啊。它淺淺的流水汩汩而逝，卻把永恒留了下來。

Rather than love， than money， than fame， give me truth.

不必給我愛，不必給我錢，也不必給我名譽，給我真理吧。

Instead of singing like the birds， I silently smiled at my incessant[永不停息的] good fortune.

我并沒有像鳥兒一般地歌唱，我只靜靜地微笑，笑自己幸福無涯。

The value of a man is not in his skin， that we should touch him.

人的價值并不在我們觸碰到的他的皮膚上。

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable[友善的] as solitude.

我愛孤獨。我沒有碰到比寂寞更好的同伴了。

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

沒有比善良走了味更壞的氣味了。