Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

读书之于心灵,犹如运动之于身体。

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I'd like to be more patient! I just want everything now. I've tried to meditate, but it's really hard for me to stay still. I'd like to try to force myself to do it, because everybody says how wonderful meditation is for you, but I can't shut my mind up. So patience and learning is the key.

我想要更有耐心!我现在什么都想要。我试着冥想,但对我来说很难保持静止。我想强迫自己去做,因为每个人都说冥想对你来说是多么美妙,但是我不能把自己的思想封闭起来。所以耐心和学习是关键。

He who lives in the single exercise of his mental faculties, however usefully or curiously directed, is equally an imperfect animal with the man who knows only the exercise of muscles.

一个人如果只运用他的一种智力,不管这种智力的运用是多么有用,是多么奇特,那么他和一个只知道运用肌肉的人一样,都是一种不完美的动物。

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.

如果所有的印刷商都下定决心不印刷任何东西,除非他们确信这样做不会冒犯任何人,那么印刷出来的东西就会很少。

If your body is excited to do something, that's what you should be doing. Or if it really scares you, you should be doing it.

如果你的身体对做某事感到兴奋,那就是你应该做的。或者如果你真的害怕,你应该去做。

I daydream just like everybody else. I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention.

我和其他人一样做白日梦。我只是让我的身体面向球场,所以每个人都认为我在集中注意力。

What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is.

失去理智是多么可怕的事啊。或者根本没有头脑。这是多么正确啊。

Right now, we're living in an ugly chapter of our lives, but books always get better!

现在,我们正生活在人生的丑陋篇章中,但书总是变得更好!

Exercise is like an addiction. Once you're in it, you feel like your body needs it.

锻炼就像上瘾一样。一旦你进入其中,你会觉得你的身体需要它。

I wanted to read immediately. The only fear was that of books coming to an end.

我想立即阅读。唯一的恐惧是书的结局。

Reading is food for the brain.

阅读是大脑的食物。