德裔美籍人塞繆爾.厄爾曼70多年前寫的壹篇只有四百多字的短文，首次在美國發表的時候，引起全美國轟動效應，成千上萬的讀者把它抄下來當作座右銘收藏，許多中老年人把它作為安排後半生的精神支柱。美國的麥克阿瑟將軍在指揮整個太平洋戰爭期間，辦公桌上始終擺著裝有短文《青春》復印件的鏡框，文中的許多的詞句常被他在談話或開會作報告時引用。後來此文傳到日本，文章的觀點成為許多日本人生活哲學的基礎。松下公司的創始人松下幸之助說：“多年來，《青春》始終是我的座右銘。”「青春」青春，不是生命路途，是思維盛宴。
青春，不是粉腮紅唇，步履飛揚，是關於希望，關於夢想，關於意志；是生命的清泉不老。
青春，應是勇敢主宰羞怯，冒險主宰享樂。可60歲的男人比20歲的男孩更明白，因為，沒有人能越過歲月成長；因為理想的褪色，我們衰老，時間蒼老了身體，熱情的逝去腐蝕了靈魂。擔憂，恐懼和畏縮風塵了我們的靈性。
無論你是60歲還是16歲，每個人的心中都應渴望奇蹟，有著不老童心，飽滿著生活的樂趣。在你我的心中那永不消失的電波，傳遞著我們美麗，希望，歡笑，勇氣和力量。這，就是青春。
當生命中受著冰冷刺骨的譏諷和壓力，若你折斷了天線，你將無情的老去，也許你才剛滿20. 若能豎起天線，接收樂觀的電波，即使你已年邁古稀，也能帶著青春的離去。
青春，不是生命路途，是思維盛宴。
青春，不是粉腮紅唇，步履飛揚，是關於希望，關於夢想，關於意志；是生命的清泉不老。這才是你我所擁有的生命。所以我仍擁有青春，是的，青春。來吧，我的朋友們，向這糟糕的世界展現著你們的力量與激情！讓這宇宙充滿著你們的聲音和笑臉，讓著宇宙擁抱著我們的激情，目睹著我們成熟。我們將創造一個全新的未來！翻譯：by Kingwise原文：塞缪尔·乌尔曼(Samuel Ullman)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-distrust 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 !
