(This is the modified translation from a Chinese article. I was unable to find the author’s name.)
One day, a father invited his son to take a walk in the woods with him. They eventually stopped at a bend in the road.
After a short silence, the father asked his son, “What do you hear besides the birds singing?”
The son listened carefully for a few seconds and then said, “I hear a carriage.”
“Yes,” said the father, “it is empty.”
Surprised, the son asked his father, “How did you know it was empty?”
The father replied, “The more empty the carriage, the more noise it makes.”
As the son grew into a man, every time he saw a voluble and supercilious man, he felt as if his father had whispered in his ear, “The emptier the carriage, the louder the noise.”
People who have crossed a river may have picked up a stone and thrown it into the water before wading.
At some point, one might notice that the louder the splash sounds, the shallower the river is. A body of water that can silently absorb a stone must be unfathomably deep.
Do not show off. The louder you brag, the less convincing you will seem.
By talking calmly to people, you can avoid arguments and learn to listen more rather than emphasize your own opinions.
分享好文～《深水无声》
一天，有一位父亲邀他的儿子一同到林间漫步。
父子俩在一个弯道处停了下来。
在短暂沉默后，父亲问儿子：「除了小鸟的歌唱之外，你还听到了什么声音？」
儿子仔细的听了几秒钟后说：「我听到了马车的声音。」
父亲说：「对，那是一辆空马车。」
儿子惊奇的问他的父亲：「您怎么知道那是一辆空马车？」
父亲答道：「马车越空，噪音就越大。」
儿子长大成人后，每当他看到口若悬河、粗暴的打断别人的谈话，而且自以为是、目空一切的人，他都感觉好像是父亲在自己的耳边说：「马车越空，噪音就越大。」
有渡河经验的人，在涉水之前，会抓起一块石头投入水中。
水花溅得越高，表示河水越浅。
相反的，溅不起大水花、听不见大水花声的地方必定深不可测……
静水流深，深水无声。
马车越空，噪音越大
不显山，不露水，不虚张，想必做人，也该如此吧！
以此来品人和感悟人生，我们将会注意到：
以平心静气的与人谈话，可以避免争吵，学会更多的倾听，而不是一味的强调自己的主张。
舒特曼：「走急的人看不见地上的钉子，烦恼的人，享受不到幸福的日子。」
雨果：世界上最宽阔的是海洋，比海洋宽阔的是天空，比天空更宽阔的是人的心灵。
