There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.

  • -- Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克

当人们凭感觉行事时,他们的激情是有界限的;但当他们受到想象的影响时,就没有了。

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Our minds become magnetized with the dominating thoughts we hold in our minds and these magnets attract to us the forces, the people, the circumstances of life which harmonize with the nature of our dominating thoughts.

我们的思想被我们头脑中的主导思想所吸引,这些磁铁吸引着与我们主导思想的本质相协调的力量、人和生活环境。

Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

统计学家的定义:一个人相信数据不会说谎,但他承认,在分析中,有些数据也站不住脚。

When I write, I try to think back to what I was afraid of or what was scary to me, and try to put those feelings into books.

当我写作的时候,我试着回想我害怕什么,或者对我来说什么是可怕的,试着把这些感受写进书里。

The mind is a universe, and it has the power to completely create any possibility.

心灵是一个宇宙,它有能力完全创造任何可能性。

Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.

优雅是受自由影响的形式之美。

I've suffered too much to hide my feelings.

我受了太多的苦,无法隐藏自己的感情。