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 I was an academic, I'd sometimes get a little feeling of excitement when I had an idea that was, I hoped, fresh. And whether anyone should act on that idea is a very different question.

当我还是个学者的时候,当我有了一个我希望是新鲜的想法时,我有时会感到有点兴奋。而是否有人应该按照这个想法行事,则是一个完全不同的问题。

If you actively do something, it will stop making you feel like a victim and you'll start feeling like part of the solution, which is just a huge benefit to your body and your psyche.

如果你积极地做某件事,它会让你不再觉得自己是一个受害者,你会开始觉得自己是解决方案的一部分,这对你的身体和心理都是一个巨大的好处。

Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.

当你的朋友要求你对他们诚实时,不要相信他们。他们真正想要的是保持对自己的好感。

When you connect to the silence within you, that is when you can make sense of the disturbance going on around you.

当你连接到你内心的寂静,那就是你能理解周围发生的干扰的时候。

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。

A day unemployed is like a bagel- even when it's bad, it's still pretty good...

一天的失业就像一个百吉饼,即使它很糟糕,它仍然很好…

Illusions of grandeur are not the same as visions of greatness.

伟大的幻想并不等同于伟大的幻想。

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

年龄是为成熟付出的高昂代价。