「精進」不等於拼命，而是努力不懈。 True diligence doesn't mean placing your life at risk. It is simply unwavering persistence. -Master Sheng Yen

山不轉路轉，路不轉人轉，人不轉心轉。 Can't move the mountain? Build a road! Road blocked? Start climbing! Can't climb? Shift mind!- Master Sheng Yen

大鴨游出大路，小鴨游出小路，不游就沒有路。 Big duck swims, big wake; little duck swims, little wake. No duck in the water? No wake at all.- Master Sheng Yen

心隨境轉是凡夫；境隨心轉是聖賢。 An ordinary mind bends to circumstances; a sage mind transforms circumstances.- Master Sheng Yen

面對許多的情況，只管用智慧處理事，以慈悲對待人 ，而不擔心自己的利害得失，就不會有煩惱了。 Face whatever is in front of you, act with wisdom, treat people with compassion; forget benefit, harm, gain, and loss, and vexations will diminish. - Master Sheng Yen

慈悲心愈重，智慧愈高，煩惱也就愈少。Deep wisdom, great compassion: few vexations. - Master Sheng Yen

以智慧時時修正偏差，以慈悲處處給人方便。 When you are off balance, always right yourself with wisdom, everywhere you go, use compassion to make life easy for others. - Master Sheng Yen

用智慧處理事，以慈悲關懷人。 Do what you have to do with wisdom; treat people with care and compassion. - Master Sheng Yen

人生的起起落落，都是成長的經驗。 Life's ups and downs are the stuff of growth and development. - Master Sheng Yen

見有機緣宜把握，沒有機緣要營造，機緣未熟不強 求。 Seize opportunity when it arises, create it when it doesn't exist; but when the time is not ripe, don't take unnecessary action. - Master Sheng Yen

成功的三部曲是：隨順因緣、把握因緣、創造因緣。 The three acts of success: accord with causes and conditions, act decisively when they arise, shape the future.- Master Sheng Yen

隨遇而安，隨緣奉獻。 Be at ease in all encounters; give of yourself, as conditions permit. - Master Sheng Yen

任勞者必堪任怨，任事者必遭批評。怨言之下有慈忍 ，批評之中藏金玉。 Work hard and others may resent you, take up a task and risk criticism; compassion lies within harsh words, treasure buried deep within criticism. - Master Sheng Yen

不要以富貴貧賤論成敗得失，只要能盡心盡力來自利 利人。 Don't measure success and failure by wealth or poverty; work only to benefit yourself and others with all your heart and strength. - Master Sheng Yen

應該忙中有序的趕工作，不要緊張兮兮的搶時間。 Finish your work quickly, but in an orderly manner; don't become nervous trying to compete with time itself. - Master Sheng Yen

工作要趕不要急，身心要鬆不要緊。 Work quickly, not anxiously; mind and body relaxed and unbound. - Master Sheng Yen

「忙」沒關係，不「煩」就好。Busy? No matter. No vexation. All is well. - Master Sheng Yen

忙得快樂，累得歡喜。Be happy being busy! Even when you're tired, be joyful. - Master Sheng Yen

忙而不亂，累而不疲。Busy but not in disarray; tired but not worn out. - Master Sheng Yen

踏踏實實做人，心胸要廣大；穩穩當當做事，著眼宜 深遠。 Be solid and forthright; have a great open heart; be sure and steady in accomplishment, with vision penetrating and far-reaching. - Master Sheng Yen

唯有體驗了艱苦的境遇，才會有精進奮發的心。 Only after you encounter affliction and adversity will you summon the mind of diligence. - Master Sheng Yen

多聽多看少說話，快手快腳慢用錢。Look more, listen more; speak less, act fast; spend slow. - Master Sheng Yen

知道自己的缺點愈多，成長的速度愈快，對自己的信 心也就愈堅定。 The more you come to know your weaknesses, the faster you will grow - your self confidence unwavering. Master Sheng Yen

踏實地走一步路，勝過說一百句空洞的 漂亮語。 A true step on the path merits more than a hundred shallow words adorned with tinsel. - Master Sheng Yen

平常心就是最自在、最愉快的心。An ordinary mind is a mind of utmost freedom, utmost joy. - Master Sheng Yen