To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

  • -- Khalil Gibran 纪伯伦

要了解一个人的内心和思想,不是看他已经取得了什么,而是看他渴望什么。

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There is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death. And therefore death is no such terrible enemy, when a man hath so many attendants about him that can win the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it.

人的头脑中没有一种激情是如此的脆弱,但它却能与死亡的恐惧交配并驾驭它。因此,当一个人身边有那么多可以战胜他的随从时,死亡就不是那么可怕的敌人了。复仇战胜死亡;爱轻视它;尊荣追求它;悲伤会随之而来。

I absolutely refuse the fame part of my business. I refuse even the money side of my business. I try to do as good work as I can do, I try to grow in my art and reach for truth. That's what I want from my art, that's what I aspire to.

我绝对拒绝我事业的名声部分。我甚至拒绝我的生意的金钱方面。我尽我所能做好工作,我努力在我的艺术中成长,追求真理。这就是我想从我的艺术中得到的,这就是我渴望的。

A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate.

一种欲望在心中升起。它立刻满足于另一个到来。在分离两种欲望的间隙里,一种完全平静的心境支配着我们的心灵。在这一刻,它从所有的思想、爱或恨中解脱出来。

I understand that if I really need my hair to be nice, now I hire someone to do it, and I understand that putting on a pair of heels really makes a difference.

我明白,如果我真的需要我的头发好看,现在我雇了一个人来做,我明白穿一双高跟鞋真的很重要。

Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the rest of them scarcely have room to breathe.

在心灵最大的地方,心、感觉、宽宏大量、慈善、宽容、善良,以及其他的一切几乎没有空间来呼吸。

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

我从来没有考虑过错过重要机会的后果……当你想到结果时,你总是想到一个消极的结果。

The heart dies a slow death, shedding each hope like leaves until one day there are none. No hopes. Nothing remains.

心慢慢地死去,像落叶一样脱落着每一个希望,直到有一天化为乌有。没有希望。什么仍然存在。

I understand that, but this disc shows the type of music that I've always liked and wanted to make.

我理解这一点,但这张唱片展示了我一直喜欢并想要创作的音乐类型。

I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they're labeled.

我试着寻找每个人的优点,不管他们被贴上什么样的标签。

Sometimes you break your heart in the right way, if you know what I mean.

有时候你伤透了心,如果你明白我的意思的话。

If a person doesn't change, there's something really wrong with him.

如果一个人不改变,他就真的有问题。

There's no such thing as a person who has to go away.

世界上没有必须离开的人。