Apollonius impressed on me the need to make decisions for myself instead of depending on the hazards of chance,and never for a moment to leave reason out of sight. He also schooled me to meet spasms of acute pain, the loss of my son, and the tedium of a chronic ailment with the same unaltered composure. He himself was a living proof that the fieriest energy is not incompatible with the ability to relax. his expositions were always a model of clarity; yet he was evidently one who rated practical experience and an aptitude for teaching philosophy as the least of his accomplishments. It was he, moreover, who taught me how to accept the pretended favours of friends without either lowering my own self-respect or giving the impression of an unfeeling indifference.
阿波罗尼奥斯让我深深懂得：凡事要自主决断，而不是听凭无常的运气摆布，任何时刻都不可背弃理性。 他还教会我，面对骤然袭来的剧痛、丧子之痛，以及慢性病带来的长久煎熬，都要保持一份恒定不变的平静。 他本人就是最好的例证：最炽热充沛的精力，和从容松弛的心境，二者并不冲突。 他讲解事理，向来清晰透彻，堪称典范；但显而易见，在他眼中，亲身实践与传授哲学的才能，反而是他诸多长处里最不足道的。 此外，也是他教会我：面对友人虚情假意的示好，既不必自轻自贱，也不要显得冷漠无情。
词句注释
1.impressed on me：使我铭记、深深教导我
2.hazards of chance：机遇的无常、命运的偶然变数
3.leave reason out of sight：置理性于不顾，背弃理性
4.spasms of acute pain：突发的阵阵剧痛
5.unaltered composure：恒定、不改的沉静自持
6.not incompatible with：并不矛盾、可以共存
7.pretended favours：假意的恩惠、虚饰的示好
8.lowering my own self-respect：折损自尊、自轻自贱
来源：马克·奥勒留《沉思录》
