The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.

  • -- Carlos Castaneda 卡洛斯·卡斯塔尼达

诀窍在于强调什么。我们要么让自己痛苦,要么让自己快乐。工作量是一样的。

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When you're a kid, you have this feeling like you're indestructible. Your mortality doesn't even occur to you. But as time goes by, you realize, 'I better cut this out or that out if I want to continue to exist.'

当你还是个孩子的时候,你有一种坚不可摧的感觉。你甚至没有想到死亡。但随着时间的推移,你会意识到,‘如果我想继续生存,最好把这个或那个删掉。’

The contemplation of things as they are, without substitution or imposture, without error or confusion, is in itself a nobler thing than a whole harvest of invention.

思考事物的本来面目,没有替代或欺骗,没有错误或困惑,其本身就比整个发明的收获更高贵。

The best feeling in the world is knowing that you actually mean something to someone.

世界上最好的感觉就是知道你对某人来说很重要。

The touchstone of moral growth is a progressive displacement of reaction by action.

道德成长的试金石是用行动逐步取代反应。

It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.

我父亲是谁并不重要;重要的是我记得他是谁。

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

聪明人的幸福是我所知道的最珍贵的东西。

Doing the tough things sets winners apart from losers.

做困难的事能把成功者和失败者区分开。

Maturity is only a short break in adolescence.

成熟只是青春期的短暂休息。