《菜根譚》是明朝還初道人洪應明收集編著的一部論述修養(yǎng)、人生、處世、出世的語錄集,為曠古稀世的奇珍寶訓。對于人的正心修身、養(yǎng)性育德,有不可思議的潛移默化的力量。其文字簡煉明雋,兼采雅俗。似語錄,而有語錄所沒有的趣味;似隨筆,而有隨筆所不易及的整飭;似訓誡,而有訓誡所缺乏的親切醒豁;且有雨余山色,夜靜鐘聲,點染其間,其所言清霏有味,風月無邊。
洪應明·《菜根譚》
人知名位為樂,不知無名無位之樂為最真;人知饑寒為慮,不知不饑不寒之慮更為甚。
People know that fame and rank make men happy. But they do not know that the happiest men are those without fame and rank. People know that hunger and cold are what men worry about. But they do not know that there are other worries that could be worse.