Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

  • -- William James 威廉·詹姆斯

我们为什么要去想那些可爱的东西呢?因为思考决定生活。把生活归咎于环境是一种普遍的习惯。环境改变生命,但并不支配生命。灵魂比周围的环境更强大。

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Get into the habit of looking for the silver lining of the cloud, and, when you have found it, continue to look at it, rather than at the leaden gray in the middle. It will help you over many hard places.

养成寻找乌云背后的一线光明的习惯,当你找到它的时候,继续看它,而不是看中间的铅灰色。它将帮助你克服许多困难。

This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human beings I've known and of my own life, such as it is, I can't recall any case of pain which didn't, on the whole, enrich life.

这种对痛苦的恐惧是一种相当低级的本能,而且……如果我想到我所认识的人和我自己的生活,尽管如此,我想不起任何一个痛苦的例子,总的来说,没有丰富我的生活。

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

如果你想在大事上取得卓越,你就得在小事上养成习惯。优秀也不例外,它是一种普遍的态度。

I think I have a lot of crazy layers.

我想我有很多疯狂的层次。