By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.

  • -- Claude Adrien Helvetius 克劳德·阿德里安·海尔维提乌斯

通过消灭欲望,你也消灭了思想。每个没有激情的人都没有行动的原则,也没有行动的动机。

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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. (attributed)

不要被世界的巨大悲痛所吓倒。做公正,现在。爱怜悯,现在。谦卑地走,现在。你没有义务完成这项工作,但你也没有自由放弃它。(认为)

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.

如果你选择的职业有一些意想不到的不便之处,你可以这样安慰自己:没有哪个职业是没有它们的。

One aspect of serendipity to bear in mind is that you have to be looking for something in order to find something else.

机缘巧合要记住的一个方面是,你必须寻找一些东西才能找到其他的东西。

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

许多人一生都在钓鱼,却不知道他们追求的不是鱼。

This claustrophobia was the only weakness I had. It's not my fault. It's just in my mind.

这种幽闭恐惧症是我唯一的弱点。这不是我的错。这只是我的想法。

For the beautiful word begets the beautiful deed.

因为美言生善行。