The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

黄金的欲望不是为了黄金。它是为了自由和利益的手段。

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Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self.

因此,欲望是欲望对整个自我的入侵,当它入侵时,会导致越来越多的心理过程;但与此同时,只要欲望还在,就不能成功地占有自我。

They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.

他们听到黄金本身是如此无用的东西,却到处受到如此的尊敬,以致于即使是为黄金而造的人,对黄金有价值的人,也会被认为不如它本身有价值,感到十分惊奇。

At one level you're condemned to the voice you have. But within those confines, you have a certain amount of freedom to range among your possible voices.

在某种程度上,你被自己的声音所束缚。但在这些范围内,你有一定的自由,在你可能的声音范围内。

Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon... must inevitably come to pass!

无论你生动地想象什么,热切地渴望什么,真诚地相信什么,热情地行动起来……一定会发生的!

More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.

从人的思想中所开采的金子,比从地里所采的还要多。

I need this wild life, this freedom.

我需要这种狂野的生活,这种自由。