We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

  • -- Marcus Tullius Cicero 西塞罗

我们被强烈的赞美欲望所激励,一个人越优秀,他就越会受到荣誉的激励。就是哲学家自己,甚至在他们藐视荣耀所写的书上,也写上了他们的名字。

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Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.

幸福是你的天性。渴望它并没有错。错就错在内在而不在外在。

There’s only one thing worse than not satisfying a desire. And that is not to feel any desire.

只有一件事比不能满足欲望更糟糕。那就是没有任何欲望。

The apostles had no gold, but lots of glory. We have lots of gold, but no glory

使徒没有金子,却有许多荣耀。我们有许多金子,却没有荣耀

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

努力越大,荣耀越大。