耶稣运用了群众们熟知的先知厄里亚（列上十七8-16）和厄里叟（列下五1-27）的故事，说明三重的事实：首先，祂将自己列于先知的行列之中；其次，耶稣揭露了群众们要求奇蹟，并非由于相信天主的能力在祂的身上出现，而只为满足自己的好奇心；最后，这些圣经例子也说明，外邦人比犹太人更先得到天主的救助。纳匝肋的群众了解，耶稣指责他们和祖先一样不尊敬先知，断定他们必将因此遭到和祖先们相同的命运，被拒于天国之外，同时眼睁睁地看见外邦人得到救恩（参阅：宗十三46；二八28）。
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Buffet's suggestions
他给年轻人的建议：
“离信用卡远远的 (银行借贷) ，对自己投资并且记住以下几点:
财富不会造就人，人才会创造财富。
过自己最简单的生活。
不要别人说什么就做什么，只要倾听，但是做自己认为是好的事情。
不要追求名牌; 穿自己舒适自在的就好。
不要把钱浪费在不必要的东西上; 却要把钱花在真正需要钱的人身上。
毕竟，这是你自己的人生。那为什么要让别人来左右它？
Warren Buffet
成为耶稣的门徒的过程
先经由他人「介绍」，接着自己「寻找」，耶稣邀请寻找者「来」到祂那里，「看看」耶稣的生活，经由具体和耶稣「相遇」的经验，终于「达到信仰」的肯定，最后再自发地「为信仰作证」，或被耶稣派遣去「传扬福音」。
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A nice definition
A nice definition of an awakened person: a person who no longer marches to the drums of society, a person who dances to the tune of the music that springs up from within.
Anthony De Mello, 1931-1987
Jesuit Priest and Author
别在喜悦时许下承诺
别在忧伤时做出回答
别在愤怒时下决定
三思而后行，做出睿智的行为
Don't make promise when you are in joy.
Don't reply when you are sad.
Don't take decision when you are angry.
Think twice..., Act Wise.
生命中的优先
别让某人成为你生命中的优先，
当你只是他们生命中的一个选择时。
人与人之间的关系只在彼此达到平衡时，
运作的最恰当。
Don't let someone become a priority in your life,
when you are just an option in their life...
Relationships work best when they are balanced.
rich life
It is only by following your deepest instinct that you can lead a rich life, and if you let your fear of consequences prevent you from following your deepest instinct then your life will be safe, expedient, and thin.
Katherine Butler Hathaway, 1890 - 1942
American Author
Let me ask you something
Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? If he prays for courage, does God give him courage, or does he give him opportunities to be courageous? If someone prayed for the family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does he give them opportunities to love each other?
From the movie: Evan Almighty
Written by Steve Oedekerk
Wisdom from Andrew Carnegie
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
It is the mind that makes the body rich.
The richest heritage a young man can have is to be born into poverty.
Take care of your pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
A man, to be in business, must be at least owner of the enterprise which he manages and to which he gives his attention, and is chiefly dependent on for his revenues not upon salary but upon its profits.
Men who reach decisions promptly usually have the capacity to move with definiteness of purpose in other circumstances.
I believe the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master in that line.
A great business is seldom if ever built up, except on lines of strictest integrity.
Put your eggs in one basket. And watch the basket. That’s the way to make money.
Concentration is my motto – first honesty, then industry, then concentration.
You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb a little.
The surest foundation of a manufacturing concern is quality.
The sole purpose of being rich is to give away money.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for!
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!
While the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.
It is impossible for anyone to be cheated out of an honorable career unless he cheats himself.
Whatever your wages are, save a little.
Do not make riches, but usefulness your first aim.
Here lies a man who knew how to enlist the service of better men than himself.
Purpose
The purpose of living is to improve the living of the whole human being.
The purpose of life is to create new life for coming generation of the universe.
Chinese Old Wisdom