誰敢說:「思考,我願意?」
自稱年年都是二十五歲的人不會願意思考,
因為思考和虛偽一向水火不相容,
只有還保存純潔的心的青少年,才會願意思考。
自負,有利益計較,只懂得追求成功,
不懂得甚麼叫做「保守自己的心」,
以為浩然正氣可以只需要一半,
以為專業可以代替嚴謹的思考訓練的青年人,
只能夠擁有半桶水的思考能力,
唯一好處就是「智力表現穩定」,五十年不變!
愚蠢,當然有層次之分。
一般所謂好人之中,何嘗沒有高層次的愚蠢人;
社會上何嘗沒有「五十步笑一百步」的現象!
只具備半桶水思考能力的人反覆做同一件事情,
結果必然大同小異,
只有愚夫愚婦才會期待見到不同的成果。
People do not like to hear the truth.
To speak the truth is a painful thing
because it alienate you from the people.
Telling lies is even worse because
it damages mutual trust.
To speak half-truth is definitely evil
because people believe in it.
In order to remain human
even in inhumane circumstances,
love, wisdom and courage must work
hand in hand together.
( Jason Ling )
人類的感情和勇氣是他的動能,
其中「愛真理」是最強、最不會污染心靈的動能;
人類的理性是他的工具,
其中「懷疑和批判精神」,包括內省和自我批判,
已經證明了是最強的工具。
最強的動能和最強的工具完全沒有內在的矛盾,
人類真正的自由在於思想方面的自由,
而思想方面的自由必須憑藉最強的動能和工具,
才能夠達到認識自己之外,亦認識別人,
知己知彼,百戰百勝。
Your soul is oftentimes a battleground,
upon which your reason and judgment
wage war against your passion and
your appetite.
( Khalil Gibran )
參考:《知己知彼》
如果一般的所謂好人,一般的所謂精英,
尚且會在思考方面屢敗屢戰,屢戰屢敗,
傳播能力強,思考能力弱的話,
那麼甚麼叫做「大局」?
他們有可能懂得甚麼是「大局」?
大局當然是經得起批判的真理,
大局當然是價值觀,當然是文化和教育,
因為任何黨的成敗得失,最後都是看下一代的能力。
做父母,最怕孩子不懂得思考,
將精力全部虛耗在努力背誦之上,
在未來人工智能機械人的時代被淘汰。
做父母,最怕孩子不懂得思考,
讓人數來決定真理,被愚蠢人牽著鼻子走;
做父母,最怕孩子不懂得思考,
不懂得分辨「對人謙虛「和「對真理謙卑」,
誤以為「度橋就是思考」,
誤以為「野心就是理想」,
誤以為「聰明就是智慧」。
做父母,最怕孩子不懂得思考,
誤以為思考只需要半桶水,可以適可而止,
只懂得「以偏概全」及「扮中立」。
有志穢的人說:
「大部份人都不尊重真理,
所以你先要尊重這些不尊重真理的人,
大部份人才會尊重你,否則你就是孤立了自己。
所以我們要和愚蠢人做朋友,
在人數之中找到我們的安全感!」
做父母,最怕孩子不懂得帶眼識人,
不懂得將人分類來應付,一旦遇上了寵謬毀聰的黔驢,
驢在技窮之下抱膝垂直下跌,更冤枉孩子沒有愛心。
所以做父母一定明白由於沒有一個「批判平台」,
一旦陷在愚人堆中,如果不懂得保持「必要的沉默」,
只能夠說一句「天亡我也」!
Keep a clear mind and calm emotions
──and as it says in the Desiderata
“Walk placidly amid the waste”.
( Stuart Wilde )
藝人蔣志光說他的人生,見過很多世間險惡,
慎言地做隱形人,是他自小學到的生存技能。
做父母一定明白
「愚蠢人的思想是要管的,不管不會荼毒社會嗎?」
所以最怕孩子重視成功,不重視成就,
結果埋錯了堆,丟棄了人格,做了長壽鉛恥人;
做父母,最怕強壯的孩子手臂可以延伸,
愚蠢也同時延伸,做了助紂為虐的人。
做父母,最怕孩子在沒有裁判的情況下,
和愚蠢人辯論,浪費了孩子的時間。
If a donkey bray at you,
don’t bray at him.
( George Herbert )
If you are a capable thinker, don’t argue
with a fool because most onlookers
are unable to understand the argument.
If you don’t know how to think,
then arguing with a fool only proves
there are two.
( Jason Ling )
做父母,最希望孩子的智慧去到不介意浪費時間,
選擇和愚蠢人辯論,
因為目的是借助愚蠢人來做踏腳石,
讓愚蠢人的愚昧直接教導青少年的旁觀者。
Your children get only one childhood.
Make it memorable by teaching them
from a very young age how to think,
respect and humility towards truth,
a love towards and sharing of wisdom,
enjoying life and gratitude towards life,
taking up one’s own responsibility,
and holding on to integrity.
The secret of freedom lies in providing
students with first-class education
to uplift their souls.
whereas the secret of tyranny is in confining
clever citizens to a small, specialized, and
politically unimportant area by schooling.
Love our students better than ourselves.
Define our love critically.
Act enthusiastically.
The future will take care of itself and
the world would become a much better place.
( Jason Ling )
沒有多少人明白為何佛家說「人身難得」,
而明白「人身難得」的人之中,
沒有多少人明白有所謂「惡性的輪迴」。
When someone is foolish,
usually he does not believe that he is foolish.
When foolish and recalcitrant people die with
their ignorance, they reincarnate again as slaves
of ignorance, completing a viscious cycle.
The only escape from this prison is
to come across a chance to awaken to this fact.
By uncovering their souls,
and become who they truly are,
by stopping to worship banality,
by letting go of the false beliefs,
by letting go of all the foolish companions,
and by having the will to strive towards wisdom
for several reincarnations, they may then have
a chance to move out of this viscious cycle.
( Jason Ling )