超越了自私自利、利害得失的自我中心，就能讓心胸 開闊、包容心增加，得失心也就減少了。 If you can transcend selfish and self-serving attitudes, along with thoughts of your own gain and loss, then your heart will truly be open and receptive. Concerns for your own gain and loss will also decrease. - Master Sheng Yen

 

自我中心原是一種生命的動力，不見得是壞事，但是 如果自我中心太強，經常自以為是、貪得無厭、傲慢 或自卑，自己是快樂不起來的。 Self-centeredness is a fundamental factor for survival; from this perspective, it is not necessarily bad. However, if a person's self-centeredness is too strong, always feeling that one is right, with an insatiable desire for gain, or feeling arrogant or self-disparaged, then it will be very difficult to be happy. - Master Sheng yen

 

衝突的產生，往往是因為過度強調自我中心。 Conflicts usually come from an over-assertion of personal views. - Master Sheng Yen

 

人之所以自私自利，貪得無厭，是因為缺乏安全感。 Those who are selfish, self-serving, and insatiable act this way due to feelings of insecurity. - Master Sheng Yen

 

自私自利，看起來是保障了自己，其實不然，損人者 終將害己。 Being selfish and self-serving may seem to be a way to protect yourself, but this is not so. One who is selfserving actually harms others and ultimately, himself. - Master Sheng Yen

 

人的一生之中，如果能有一個明確的價值觀並且堅定 不變，則生命過程中的每個階段，都將是相乘相加的 人生饗宴。 If you uphold clear principles of life’s values and abide by them without being swayed, then as you pass through each stage of life, all experiences will add to the feast of your life. - Master Sheng Yen

 

每個人的條件不同、智慧不同、環境不同、體能不 同、背景也不同，不必相提並論；只要腳踏實地，步 步穩健，就能走出一條路來。 Each individual has his or her own disposition, wisdom, environment, physical makeup, and background. There is no need to compare. As long as the individual is solid, taking each step in life with certitude and stability, then he or she will be able to make something out of life. - Master Sheng Yen