作者 | 塞缪尔·厄尔曼
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德裔美籍人塞缪尔·厄尔曼70多年前写的一篇只有四百多字的短文，首次在美国揭橥的时候，引起全美国轰动效应，成千上万的读者把它抄下来当作座右铭收藏，许多中老年人把它作为安排后半生的精神支柱。美国的麦克阿瑟将军在指挥全体太平洋战役期间，办公桌上始终摆着装有短文《年轻》复印件的镜框，文中的许多的词句常被他在发言或开会作报告时引用。后来此文传到日本，文章的不雅观点成为许多日本人生活哲学的根本。松下公司的创始人松下幸之助说：“多年来，《年轻》始终是我的座右铭。”
年 轻
年轻，并非人活门程的一段光阴，也并非粉颊红唇和体魄的矫健。
它是心灵中的一种状态，是头脑中的一个意念，是理性思维中的创造潜力，是情绪活动中的一股勃勃的朝气，是人生春色深处的一缕东风。
年轻，意味着甘心放弃温馨浪漫的爱情去闯荡生活，意味着超越羞涩、怯懦和希望的胆识与气质。而60岁的男人可能比20岁的小伙子更多地拥有这种胆识与气质。没有人仅仅由于光阴的流逝而变得朽迈，只是随着空想的毁灭，人类才涌现了老人。
岁月可以在皮肤上留下皱纹，却无法为灵魂刻上一丝痕迹。忧虑、恐怖、缺少自傲才使人佝偻于韶光尘埃之中。
无论是60岁还是16岁，每个人都会被未来所吸引，都会对人生竞争中的欢快怀着孩子般无穷无尽的渴望。
在你我心灵的深处，同样有一个无线电台，只要它一直地从人群中，从无限的韶光中接管美好、希望、欢欣、勇气和力量的信息，你我就永久年轻。一旦这无线电台坍塌，你的心便会被玩世不恭和悲观失落望的寒冷酷雪所覆盖，你便朽迈了—纵然你只有20岁。但如果这无线电台始终矗立在你心中，捕捉着每个乐不雅观向上的电波，你便有希望超过年轻的80岁。
以是只要勇于有梦，敢于追梦，勤于圆梦，我们就永久年轻！
千万不要动不动就说自己老了，缺点勾引自己！
年轻便是力量，有梦就有未来！
英文全文如下：
Youth
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees. It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep spring of life.
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exits in a man of 60, more than a boy of 20.nobody grows merely by the number of years; we grow old by deserting our ideas. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust1 bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from infinite, so long as you are young.
When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with the snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you’ve grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there’s hope you may die young at 80.
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep spring of life. These are what I have and what we have at this period of life. So, I'm still young, yes, definitely ! Come on my fellow friends, show your energy and passion to this god damn world ! Let the universe hear our voice, see our cheek, hug our enthusiasm and witness our maturity. We're going to create a brand new future !
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