A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

  • -- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 甘地

从最坚定的信念中说出的“不”,好过仅仅为了取悦而说的“是”,更糟糕的是为了避免麻烦而说的“是”。

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It is bad policy to regulate everything... where things may better regulate themselves and can be better promoted by private exertions; but it is no less bad policy to let those things alone which can only be promoted by interfering social power.

监管一切是糟糕的政策……在那里,事情可以更好地自我调节,通过私人努力可以得到更好的促进;但是,不去管那些只能通过干预社会权力来推动的事情,同样是糟糕的政策。

People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk.

人们创造自己的问题,因为他们害怕直视前方。你所要做的就是直视前方,看到前方的路,当你看到它时,不要坐在那里看着它——走过去。

One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you.

人生道路上最可怕的地方之一,就是坚信你不会再遇到任何事情。

Nothing fools you better than the lie you tell yourself.

没有什么比你对自己说的谎话更能愚弄你了。