My writing practice taught me the important thing is steadfastness. It's not necessarily discipline. Discipline can become a prison. When your spiritual practices become another thing for you to be anxious about, they've lost their usefulness.

  • -- Elizabeth Gilbert 伊丽莎白·吉尔伯特

我的写作实践教会我最重要的是坚持。这不一定是纪律。纪律会变成监狱。当你的修行成为另一件让你焦虑的事情时,它们就失去了用处。

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You say something, things you would rather forget, and then they are out there. It makes me anxious and I don't know why people are interested in me anyway. If I had my way, I would rather exist in a little hole and not speak to anyone.

你说了一些,一些你宁愿忘记的事情,然后它们就出现了。这让我很焦虑,我不知道人们为什么对我感兴趣。如果我能随心所欲,我宁愿生活在一个小洞里,不和任何人说话。

Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day.

不要为明天忧虑,因为明天自有明天的忧虑。让这一天的烦恼足以支撑这一天。

He who lives without restraint, will die without honour.

生活无节制者,死而无荣誉。

Prayer is a discipline in truthfulness, in honesty.

祷告是真实诚实的操练。