Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

  • -- Washington Irving 华盛顿欧文

伟大的人物有目标;其他人的愿望。

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Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish over them a spiritual tyranny, but to rouse them from lethargy, and to aid them to judge for themselves.

伟大的思想使别人变得伟大。他们的优越性是要利用的,不是要把群众变成知识分子的附庸,不是要在他们之上建立一种精神上的专制,而是要把他们从昏睡中唤醒,帮助他们自己作出判断。

I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that's the basis of Greek mythology.

我想黑暗有一个目的:向我们展示混沌中有救赎。我相信这一点。我认为这是希腊神话的基础。

We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.

我们制造自己的不幸。痛苦的目的是帮助我们理解是我们自己造成了痛苦。

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.

时间不是由岁月的流逝来衡量的,而是由一个人的所作所为、感受和成就来衡量的。

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.

一个年轻人想要保持一个健全的无神论者再怎么小心他的阅读。

High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.

崇高的目标造就崇高的品格,伟大的目标造就伟大的心灵。

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

当你爱上一个人的时候,你所有的梦想都开始实现了。

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

学习是一种财富,它将跟随主人到任何地方。