每週金句-No.145 勤而不儉,譬如漏巵,雖滿積而亦無所存;儉而不勤,譬如石田,雖謹守而亦無所獲。

勤而不儉,譬如漏巵,雖滿積而亦無所存;儉而不勤,譬如石田,雖謹守而亦無所獲。

 古人云 :「一勤天下無難事。」雖然無難,但需節檢,勤是創造,儉是持守,聖賢極勤以救民,極儉以奉身,披肝瀝膽之辛勞皆是為眾生福祉,豈敢貪為己用以享樂。儉而能施、儉而寡求、儉而為家法、儉以訓子孫,為君子仁義禮智也。克勤于邦,克家于儉,功成而德滿。

  Diligence without frugality is like a leaky vessel that fills up but has nothing to accumulate; frugality without diligence is like a field of stones that is guarded but has nothing to gain.