Khó thay được làm người, khó thay được sống còn. Khó thay nghe diệu pháp, khó thay Phật ra đời!Kinh Pháp Cú (Kệ số 182)
Bạn có thể trì hoãn, nhưng thời gian thì không. (You may delay, but time will not.)Benjamin Franklin
Có những người không nói ra phù hợp với những gì họ nghĩ và không làm theo như những gì họ nói. Vì thế, họ khiến cho người khác phải nói những lời không nên nói và phải làm những điều không nên làm với họ. (There are people who don't say according to what they thought and don't do according to what they say. Beccause of that, they make others have to say what should not be said and do what should not be done to them.)Rộng Mở Tâm Hồn
Chớ khinh tội nhỏ, cho rằng không hại; giọt nước tuy nhỏ, dần đầy hồ to! (Do not belittle any small evil and say that no ill comes about therefrom. Small is a drop of water, yet it fills a big vessel.)Kinh Đại Bát Niết-bàn
Như bông hoa tươi đẹp, có sắc lại thêm hương; cũng vậy, lời khéo nói, có làm, có kết quả.Kinh Pháp cú (Kệ số 52)
Chúng ta không thể giải quyết các vấn đề bất ổn của mình với cùng những suy nghĩ giống như khi ta đã tạo ra chúng. (We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.)Albert Einstein
Đừng than khóc khi sự việc kết thúc, hãy mỉm cười vì sự việc đã xảy ra. (Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. )Dr. Seuss
Mục đích chính của chúng ta trong cuộc đời này là giúp đỡ người khác. Và nếu bạn không thể giúp đỡ người khác thì ít nhất cũng đừng làm họ tổn thương. (Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.)Đức Đạt-lai Lạt-ma XIV
Thành công không phải điểm cuối cùng, thất bại không phải là kết thúc, chính sự dũng cảm tiếp tục công việc mới là điều quan trọng. (Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.)Winston Churchill
Tôi không thể thay đổi hướng gió, nhưng tôi có thể điều chỉnh cánh buồm để luôn đi đến đích. (I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.)Jimmy Dean
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New England in the early and middle years of the nineteenth century had a flourishing
culture. People were passionately interested in ideas and education. Most New
Englanders were strongly opposed to slavery. They were also concerned about other
social issues.
New ideas resulted in new kinds of writing. These ideas included the importance of doing
what seemed right for them, no matter how different it was from what other people
thought. People also believed that nature gave them guidance in our lives and that it was
important to live close to nature. These and other ideas were expressed through teaching
and writing.
Bronson Alcott was one of those who looked at the world in a new way. He looked for
work as a teacher so that he could pass on his ideas to others. However, very few
parents wanted Mr. Alcott to teach their children. And very few people were interested in
hearing his speeches or reading his books. As a result, the Alcott family was very poor
Fortunately for Bronson, he married a very capable and energetic woman. Mrs. Abigail
Alcott helped to earn money to support the family and did most of the work involved in
looking after the four Alcott girls. The oldest daughter, Anna, was quiet and serious. She
rarely got into trouble and was a good helper at home. The second daughter was Louisa
May Alcott, who became a writer. She was adventurous and cared very little for rules.
She was always saying and doing things that got her into trouble. The third daughter,
Elizabeth, was very kind and goodnatured. All the others loved her. As a young woman,
Elizabeth had a severe case of scarlet fever and never fully recovered. She died at age 23.
The youngest sister, May, was talented, but she was rather spoiled.
Because there was never enough money, the Alcott girls felt pressure to work at an early
age. But this did not stop them from having fun. Louisa wrote little plays that she and her
sisters performed at home. They all enjoyed the woods and ponds around Concord,
Massachusetts, where they live most of these years. When they moved back to Boston in
1848, Anna took a job looking after other people's children, and Louisa looked after the
house. Meanwhile, their mother worked outside the home.
While working on laundry or sewing, Louisa was thinking up stories. At night she would
write them down. When she was eighteen, she began selling poems and stories to
magazines. Within ten years, Louisa was earning a substantial income from writing. One
day her publisher suggested that she write a story for girls. At first Louisa didn't like the
suggestion. But when she started to write, the ideas came rapidly. Her book was based
on her own family and her own childhood.
Little Women was published in 1868 and was an immediate success. The March family
was very much like the Alcotts. Mrs. Alcott resembles Marmee. Meg is like Anna, and
Jo is like Louisa herself. Beth is based on Elizabeth and Amy on May Alcott. Many
of the situations in the book happened to the Alcott family. Nonetheless, many characters
and incidents were invented.
Little Women and its sequel opened up a new kind of writing for children. While these
books did have a moral, they were more lively and interesting than earlier children's
writing. Little Women inspired many writers later to write more realistic accounts of
childhood.
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