Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

  • -- Ambrose Bierce 比尔斯

生命-保存身体免于腐烂的精神腌黄瓜。

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I think any spiritual experience that's worthwhile is not about ego and it will humble you in some way. And also, a Zen monk once said to me, 'If you're not laughing, then you're not getting it.'

我认为任何有价值的精神体验都与自我无关,它会在某种程度上让你感到谦卑。还有一次,一位禅僧对我说,“如果你不笑,你就不会明白。”

And in the afternoon they entered a land - but such a land! A land hung in mourning, darkened by gigantic cypresses, submerged; a land of reptiles, silence, shadow, decay.

到了下午,他们进入了一片土地——但是这片土地!一片笼罩在哀悼之中的土地,被巨大的柏树遮蔽,淹没了;爬行动物的土地,寂静,阴影,腐朽。

The philosophy behind much advertising is based on the old observation that every man is really two men - the man he is and the man he wants to be.

许多广告背后的哲学是基于一个古老的观点,即每个人都是两个真正的男人——他是他自己,他想成为的人。

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.

一切讽刺都无视于腐朽解放出来的力量。这就是为什么完全的腐朽吸收了讽刺的力量。

The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.

一个有抱负的人真正的精神进步是由他达到内心平静的程度来衡量的。

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

备战是维护和平最有效的手段之一。

The soul has many motions, body one.

灵魂有很多运动,身体只有一个。