There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.

  • -- Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林

有两种幸福的方式:我们必须要么减少我们的欲望,要么增加我们的手段——任何一种都可以——结果都是一样的,这是由每个人自己决定的,做那些碰巧更容易的事情。

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To know that once you decide to look at life outside of the narrow limits of just your world and start to understand that you can make a difference in very simple ways - in volunteering and all the way up to bigger world problems.

要知道,一旦你决定跳出你的世界的狭隘局限去看待生活,并开始明白你可以用非常简单的方式做出改变——志愿服务,以及解决更大的世界问题。

Every conceivable cruel method of blackmail was used against me to obtain by force and at all costs confessions and statements both about comrades who had been arrested, and about political activities.

他们对我使用一切可以想到的残酷的敲诈手段,不惜一切代价以武力取得关于被逮捕的同志的供词和供词,以及关于政治活动的供词和供词。

I thought I had too much money to be happy and normal. Thousand of pounds is just too much for a working person to handle all of a sudden, and I felt I didn't deserve it.

我认为我有太多的钱,不能快乐和正常。突然间,对于一个上班族来说,几千英镑实在是太多了,我觉得我不应该得到它。

Little islands of human happiness, peace, and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that I'm not even sure we can draw lessons from them.

人类幸福、和平与繁荣的小岛在这个历史时期是如此不同寻常,以至于我甚至不确定我们能否从中吸取教训。

You will be pleased to know I stand obediently for the national anthem, though of course I would defend your right to remain seated should you so decide.

你会高兴地知道,在奏国歌时,我是顺从地站着的,尽管如果你这样决定,我当然会捍卫你继续坐着的权利。

In closing, let me just thank God, on the floor of the House, for not turning away from us even though we seem to be turning away from Him.

最后,让我感谢上帝,感谢他站在我们的地板上,感谢他没有离开我们,即使我们似乎要离开他。

Right now, i just want someone to kiss my forehead and tell me how lucky they are to have someone like me.

现在,我只想有人亲吻我的额头,告诉我他们有像我这样的人是多么的幸运。

I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one.

我不明白为什么人们想除掉鸽子。他们不打扰任何人。

There is one undeniable truth about our body: it only exists in the present moment.

关于我们的身体有一个不可否认的事实:它只存在于当下。

Use do not abuse, neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

使用而不滥用,节制和过度都不会使人幸福。