The Scroll Marked Eight

Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.
A mulberry leaf touched with the genius of man becomes silk.
A field of clay touched with the genius of man becomes a castle.
A cyprus tree touched with the genius of man becomes a shrine.
A cut of sheep's hair touched with the genius of man becomes raiment for a king.
If it is possible for leaves and clay and wood and hair to have their value multiplied a hundred, yea a thousandfold by man, cannot I do the same with the clay which bears my name?
Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.
I am liken to a grain of wheat which faces one of three futures. The wheat can be placed in a sack and dumped in a stall until it is fed to swine. Or it can be ground to flour and made into bread. Or it can be placed in the earth and allowed to grow until its golden head divides and produces a thousand grains from the one.
I am liken to a grain of wheat with one difference. The wheat cannot choose whether it be fed to swine, ground for bread, or planted to multiply. I have a choice and I will not let my life be fed to swine nor will I let it be ground under the rocks of failure and despair to be broken open and devoured by the will of others.
Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.
To grow and multiply it is necessary to plant the wheat grain in the darkness of the earth and my failures, my despairs, my ignorance, and my inabilities are the darkness in which I have been planted in order to ripen. Now, like the wheat grain which will sprout and blossom only if it is nurtured with rain and sun and warm winds, I too must nurture my body and mind to fulfill my dreams. But to grow to full stature the wheat must wait on the whims of nature. I need not wait for I have the power to choose my own destiny.
Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.
And how will I accomplish this? First I will set goals for the day, the week, the month, the year, and my life. Just as the rain must fall before the wheat will crack its shell and sprout, so must I have objectives before my life will crystallize. Insetting my goals I will consider my best performance of the past and multiply it a hundredfold. This will be the standard by which I will live in the future. Never will I be of concern that my goals are too high for is it not better to aim my spear at the moon and strike only an eagle than to arm my spear at the eagle and strike only a rock?
Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.
The height of my goals will not hold me in awe though I may stumble often before they are reached. If I stumble I will rise and my falls will not concern me for all men must stumble often to reach the hearth. Only a worm is free from the worry of stumbling. I am not a worm. I am not an onion plant. I am not a sheep. I am a man. Let others build a cave with their clay. I will build a castle with mine.
Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.
And just as the sun must warm the earth to bring forth the seedling of wheat so, too, will the words on these scrolls warm my life and turn my dreams into reality. Today I will surpass every action which I performed yesterday. I will climb today's mountain to the utmost of my ability yet tomorrow I will climb higher than today, and the next will be higher than tomorrow. To surpass the deeds of others is unimportant; to surpass my own deeds is all.
Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.
And just as the warm wind guides the wheat to maturity, the same winds will carry my voice to those who will listen and my words will announce my goals. Once spoken I dare not recall them lest I lose face. I will be as my own prophet and though all may laugh at my utterances they will hear my plans, they will know my dreams; and thus there will be no escape for me until my words become accomplished deeds.
Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.
I will commit not the terrible crime of aiming too low.
I will do the work that a failure will not do.
I will always let my reach exceed my grasp.
I will never be content with my performance in the market.
I will always raise my goals as soon as they are attained.
I will always strive to make the next hour better than this one.
I will always announce my goals to the world.
Yet, never will I proclaim my accomplishments. Let the world, instead, approach me with praise and may I have the wisdom to receive it in humility.
Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.
One grain of wheat when multiplied a hundredfold will produce a hundred stalks. Multiply these a hundredfold, ten times, and they will feed all the cities of the earth. Am I not more than a grain of wheat?
Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.
And when it is done I will do it again, and again, and there will be astonishment and wonder at my greatness as the words of these scrolls are fulfilled in me.

羊皮卷之八

今天我要加倍重视自己的价值。
桑叶在天才的手中变成了丝绸。
粘土在天才的手中变成了堡垒。
柏树在天才的手中变成了殿堂。
羊毛在天才的手中变成了袈裟。
如果桑叶、粘土、柏树、羊毛经过人的创造，可以成百上千地提高自身的价值，那么我们为什么不能使自己身价百倍呢？
今天我要加倍重视自己的价值。
我的命运如同一颗麦粒，有着三种不同的道路。一颗麦粒可能被装进麻袋，堆在货架上，等着喂猪；也可能被磨成面粉，做成面包；还可能撒在土壤里，让它生长，直到金黄的麦穗上结出成百上千颗麦粒。
我和一颗麦粒唯一不同在于：麦粒无法选择是变得腐烂还是做成面包，或是种植生长。而我有选择的自由，我不会让生命腐烂，也不会让它在失败，绝望的岩石下磨碎，任人摆布。
今天我要加倍重视自己的价值。
要想让麦粒生长、结实，必须把它种植在黑暗的泥土中，我的失败、失望、无知、无能便是那黑暗的泥土，我须深深地扎在泥土中，等待成熟。麦粒在阳光雨露的哺育下，终于发芽、开花、结实。同样，我也要健全自己的身体和心灵，以实现自己的梦想。麦粒须等待大自然的契机方能成熟，我却无须等待，因为我有选择自己命运的能力。
今天我要加倍重视自己的价值。
怎样才能做到呢？首先，我要为每一天，每个星期、每个月。每一年、甚至我的一生确立目标。正像种子需要雨水的滋润才能破土而出，发芽长叶，我的生命也须有目的方能结出硕果。在制定目标的时候，不妨参考过去最好的成绩，使其发扬光大。这必须成为我未来生活的目标。永远不要当心目标过高。取法乎上，得其中也，取法中也，得其下也。
今天我要加倍重视自己的价值。
高远的目标不会让我们望而生畏，虽然在达到目标以前可能屡受挫折。摔倒了，再爬起来，我不灰心因为每个人在抵达目标之前都会受到挫折。只有小爬虫不必担心摔倒。我不是小爬虫，不是洋葱，不是绵羊。我是一个人。让别人作他们的粘土造穴吧，我只要一座城堡。
今天我么加倍重视自己的价值。
太阳温暖大地，麦粒吐穗结实。这些羊皮卷上的话也照耀我的生活，使梦想成真。今天我要超越昨天的成就。我要竭尽全力攀登今天的高峰，明天更上一层楼。超越别人并不重要，超越自己才是最重要的。
今天我要加倍重视自己的价值。
春风吹熟了麦穗，风声也将我的声音吹往那些愿意聆听者的耳畔。我要宣告我的目标。君子一言，驷马难追。我要成为自己的预言家。虽然大家可能嘲笑我的言辞但会倾听我的计划，了解我的梦想，因为我无处可逃，直到兑现了诺言。
今天我要加倍重视自己的价值。
我不能放低目标。
我要做失败者不屑一顾的事。
我不停留在力所能及的事上。
我不满足于现有的成就。
目标达到后再定一个更高的目标。
我要努力使下一刻比此刻更好。
我要常常向世人宣告我的目标。
但是我决不炫耀我的成绩。让世人来赞美我的吧，但愿我能明智而谦恭地接受它们。
今天我要加倍重视自己的价值。
一颗麦粒增加数倍以后，可以变成千株麦苗，再把这些麦苗增加数倍，如此数十次，它们可以供养世上所有的城市。难道我不如一颗麦粒吗？
当我完成这件事，我再接再励。当羊皮卷上的话在我身上实现时，世上会惊叹我的伟大

The Scroll Marked IX

My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible.
All are of no value unless they are followed by action.
I will act now.
Never has there been a map, however carefully executed to detail and scale, which carried its owner over even one inch of ground. Never has there been a parchment of law, however fair, which prevented one crime. Never has there been a scroll, even such as the one I hold, which earned so much as a penny or produced a single word of acclamation. Action, alone, is the tinder which ignites the map, the parchment, this scroll, my dreams, my plans, my goals, into a living force. Action is the food and drink which will nourish my success.
I will act now.
My procrastination which has held me back was born of fear and now I recognize this secret mined from the depths of all courageous hearts. Now I know that to conquer fear I must always act without hesitation and the flutters in my heart will vanish. Now I know that action reduces the lion of terror to an ant of equanimity.
I will act now.
Henceforth, I will remember the lesson of the firefly who gives of its light only when it is on the wing, only when it is in action. I will become a firefly and even in the day my glow will be seen in spite of the sun. Let others be as butterflies who preen their wings yet depend on the charity of a flower for life. I will be as the firefly and my light will brighten the world.
I will act now.
I will not avoid the tasks of today and charge them to tomorrow for I know that tomorrow never comes. Let me act now even though my actions may not bring happiness or success for it is better to act and fail than not to act and flounder. Happiness, in truth, may not be the fruit plucked by my action yet without action all fruit will die on the vine.
I will act now.
I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words again and again and again, each hour, each day, every day, until the words become as much a habit as my breathing and the actions which follow become as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every act necessary for my success. With these words I can condition my mind to meet every challenge which the failure avoids.
I will act now.
I will repeat these words again and again and again.
When I awake I will say them and leap from my cot while the failure sleeps yet another hour.
I will act now.
When I enter the market place I will say them and immediately confront my first prospect while the failure ponders yet his possibility of rebuff.
I will act now.
When I face a closed door I will say them and knock while the failure waits outside with fear and trepidation.
I will act now.
When I face temptation I will say them and immediately act to remove myself from evil.
I will act now.
When I am tempted to quit and begin again tomorrow I will say them and immediately act to consummate another sale.
I will act now.
Only action determines my value in the market place and to multiply my value I will multiply my actions. I will walk where the failure fears to walk. I will work when the failure seeks rest. I will talk when the failure remains silent. I will call on ten who can buy my goods while the failure makes grand plans to call on one. I will say it is done before the failure says it is too late.
I will act now.
For now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the evil become good. I am not evil. Tomorrow is the day when the weak become strong. I am not weak. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure.
I will act now.
When the lion is hungry he eats. When the eagle has thirst he drinks. Lest they act, both will perish.
I hunger for success. I thirst for happiness and peace of mind. Lest I act I will perish in a life of failure, misery, and sleepless nights.
I will command, and I will obey mine own command.
I will act now.
Success will not wait. If I delay she will become betrothed to another and lost to me forever.
This is the time. This is the place. I am the man.
I will act now.

羊皮卷之九

我的幻想毫无价值，我的计划渺如尘埃，我的目标不可能达到。
一切的一切毫无意义－－除非我们付诸行动。
我现在就付诸行动。
一张地图，不论多么详尽，比例多精确，它永远不能带着它的主人在地面上移动半步。一个国家的法律，不论多么公正，永远不可能防止罪恶的发生。任何宝典，即使在我手中的羊皮卷，永远不可能创造财富。只有行动才能使地图、法律、宝典、梦想、计划、目标具有现实意义。行动，像食物和水一样，能滋润我，使我成功。
我现在就付诸行动。
拖延使我裹足不前，它来自恐惧。现在我从所有勇敢的心灵深处，体会到这一秘密。我知道，想克服恐惧，必须毫不犹豫，起而行动，唯其如此，心中的慌乱方得以平定。现在我知道，行动会使猛狮般的恐惧，减缓为蚂蚁般的平静。 我现在就付诸行动。
从此我要记住萤火虫的启迪：只有振翅的时候，才能发出光芒。我要成为一只萤火虫，即使在艳阳高照的白天，我也要发出光芒。让别人像蝴蝶一样。舞动翅膀，靠花朵的施舍生活；我要做萤火虫，照亮大地。
我现在就付诸行动。
我不把今天的事情留给明天，因为我知道明天是永远不会来临的。现在就付诸行动吧！即使我的行为不会带来快乐与成功，但是动而失败总比坐而待毙好。行动也许不会结出快乐的果实，但没有行动，所有的果实都无法收获。 我现在就付诸行动。
立即行动。立即行动。立即行动。从今往后，我要一遍又一遍，每时每刻重复这句话，直到成为习惯，好比呼吸一般，成为本能，好比眨眼一样。有了这句话，我就能调整自己的情绪，迎接失败者逃避而远之的每一次挑战。
我现在就付诸行动。
我一遍又一遍地重复这句话。
清晨醒来时，失败者流连于床榻，我却要默诵这句话，然后开始行动。
我现在就付诸行动。
外出推销时，失败者还在考虑是否遭到拒绝的时候，我要默诵着句话，面对第一个来临的顾客。
我现在就付诸行动。
面对紧闭的大门，失败者怀着恐惧与惶惑的心情，在门外等候；我默诵着句话，随即上前敲门。
我现在就付诸行动。
面对诱惑时，我默诵这句话，然后远离罪恶。
我现在就付诸行动。
只有行动才能决定我在商场上的价值。若要加倍我的价值，我必须加倍努力。我要前往失败者惧怕的地方，当失败者休息的时候，我要继续工作。失败者沉默的时候，我开口推销，我要拜访十户可能买我东西的人家，而失败者在一番周详的计划之后，却只拜访一家。在失败者认为太晚时，我能够说大功告成。
我现在就付诸行动。
现在是我的所有。明日是为懒汉保留的工作日，我并不懒惰。明日是弃恶从善的日子，我并不邪恶。明日是弱者变强者的日子，我并不软弱。明日是失败者借口成功的日子，我并不是失败。
我现在就付诸行动。
我是雄狮，我是苍鹰，饥即食，渴即饮。除非行动，否则死路一条。
我渴望成功，快乐，心灵的平静。除非行动，否则我将在失败、不幸、夜不成眠的日子中死亡。
我发布命令。我要服从自己的命令。
成功不是等待。如果我迟疑，她会投入别人的怀抱，永远弃我而去。 此时。此地。此人。
我现在就付诸行动。

The Scrolls Mark Ten

Who is of so little faith that in a moment of great disaster or heartbreak has not called to his God? Who has not cried out when confronted with danger, death, or mystery beyond his normal experience or comprehension? From where has this deep instinct come which escapes from the mouth of all living creatures in moments of peril?

    Move your hand in haste before another's eyes and his eyelids will blink. Tap another on his knee and his leg will jump. Confront another with dark horror and his mouth will say, "My God" from the same deep impulse.


    My life need not be filled with religion in order for me to recognize this greatest mystery of nature. All creatures that walk the earth, including man, possess the instinct to cry for help. Why do we possess this instinct, this gift?

    Are not our cries a form of prayer? Is it not incomprehensible in a world governed by nature's laws to give a lamb, or a mule, or a bird, or man the instinct to cry out for help lest some great mind has also provided that the cry should be heard by some superior power having the ability to hear and to answer our cry? Henceforth I will pray, but my cries for help will only be cries for guidance.


    Never will I pray for the material things of the world. I am not calling to a servant to bring me food. I am not ordering an innkeeper to provide me with room. Never will I seek delivery of gold, love, good health, petty victories, fame, success, or happiness. Only for guidance will I pray, that I may be shown the way to acquire these things, and my prayer will always be answered.

    The guidance I seek may come, or the guidance I seek may not come, but are not both of these an answer? If a child seeks bread from his father and it is not forthcoming has not the father answered?

    I will pray for guidance, and I will pray as a salesman, in this manner Oh creator of all things, help me. For this day I go out into the world naked and alone, and without your hand to guide me I will wander far from the path which leads to success and happiness.


    I ask not for gold or garments or even opportunities equal to my ability; instead, guide me so that I may acquire ability equal to my opportunities.

    You have taught the lion and the eagle how to hunt and prosper with teeth and claw. Teach me how to hunt with words and prosper with love so that I may be a lion among men and an eagle in the market place.

    Help me to remain humble through obstacles and failures; yet hide not from mine eyes the prize that will come with victory.

    Assign me tasks to which others have failed; yet guide me to pluck the seeds of success from their failures. Confront me with fears that will temper my spirit; yet endow me with courage to laugh at my misgivings.

    Spare me sufficient days to reach my goals; yet help me to live this day as though it be my last.

    Guide me in my words that they may bear fruit; yet silence me from gossip that none be maligned.

    Discipline me in the habit of trying and trying again; yet show me the way to make use of the law of averages. Favor me with alertness to recognize opportunity; yet endow me with patience which will concentrate my strength.

    Bathe me in good habits that the bad ones may drown; yet grant me compassion for weaknesses in others. Suffer me to know that all things shall pass; yet help me to count my blessings of today.

    Expose me to hate so it not be a stranger; yet fill my cup with love to turn strangers into friends.

    But all these things be only if thy will. I am a small and a lonely grape clutching the vine yet thou hast made me different from all others. Verily, there must be a special place for me. Guide me. Help me. Show me the way.

    Let me become all you planned for me when my seed was planted and selected by you to sprout in the vineyard of the world.

    Help this humble salesman. Guide me, God.

羊皮卷之十

即使没有信仰的人，遇到灾难的时候，不是也呼求神的保佑吗？一个人在面临危险、死亡或一些未见过或无法理解的神秘之事时，不曾失声大喊吗？每一个生灵在危险的刹那都会脱口而出的这种强烈的本能是何而生的呢？
把你的手在别人眼前出其不意地挥一下，你会发现他的眼睑本能地一眨；在他的膝盖上轻轻一击，他的腿会跳动；在黑暗中吓一个朋友，他会本能地大叫一声“天呀”。
不管你有没有宗教信仰，这些自然现象谁也无法否认。世上的所有生物，包括人类，都具有求助的本能。为什么我们会有这种本能，这种恩赐呢？
我们发出的喊声，不是一种祈祷的方式吗？人们无法理解，在一个受自然法则统治的世界里，上苍将这种求救的本能赐于了羊、驴子、小鸟、人类，同时也规定这种求救的声音应被一种超凡的力量听到并作出回应。从今往后，我要祈祷，但是我只求指点迷津。 我从不求物质的满足。我不祈求有仆人为我送来食物，不求屋舍、金银财宝、爱情、健康、小的胜利、名誉、成功或者幸福。我只求得到指引，指引我获得这些东西的途径，我的祈祷都有回音。
我所祈求的指引，可能得到，也可能得不到，但这两种结果都不是回音？如果一个孩子回答爸爸要面包，面包没有到手，这也不是父亲的答复吗？ 我要祈求指导，以一个推销员的身份来祈祷－－
万能的主啊，帮助我吧！今天，我独自一人，赤条条地来到这个世上，没有你的双手指引，我将远离通向成功与幸福的道路。
我不求金钱或衣衫，甚至不求适合我的能力的机遇，我只求您引导我获得适合机遇的能力。
您曾经教狮子和雄鹰如何利用牙齿和利爪觅食。求您教给我如何利用言赐谋生，如何借助爱心得以兴旺，使我能成为人中的狮子，商场上的雄鹰。
帮助我！让我经历挫折和失败后仍能谦恭待人，让我看见胜利的奖赏。
把别人不能完成的工作交给我，指引我由他们的失败中，拮取成功的种子。让我面对恐惧，好磨炼我的精神。给我勇气嘲笑自己的疑虑和胆怯。 赐给我足够的时间，好让我达到目标。帮助我珍惜每日如最后一天。
引导我言出必行，行之有果。让我在流言蜚语中保持缄默。
鞭策我，让我养成一试再试的习惯。教我使用平衡法则的方法。让我保持敏感，得以抓住机会。赐给我耐心，得以集中力量。
让我养成良好的习惯，戒除不良嗜好。赐给我同情心，同情别人的弱点。让我知道，一切都将过去，却也能计算每日的恩赐。
让我看出何谓仇恨，使我对它不再陌生。但让我充满爱心，使陌生人变成朋友。
但这一切祈求都要合乎您的意思。我只是个微不足道的人物，如那孤零零挂在藤上的葡萄。然而您使我与众不同。事实上，我必须有一个特别的位置。指引我，帮助我。让我看到前方的路。
当您把我种下，让我在世界的葡萄圆里发芽，让我成为我计划的一切。
帮助我这个谦卑的推销员吧！
主啊，指引我！

总算发完了，累死了。真心的希望大家看一下，最好能背。个人觉得相当激励人，尤其是当你面对着镜子来说的时候