We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of this world to absorb it from meditation on the next. It is awful to see the lean hands of dotage making a coffer of the grave.

  • -- Pearl S. Buck 珍珠红

我们应该为年老做好准备,这样,这个世界就不会迫切需要从对下一个世界的冥想中吸收老年。看到老态龙钟的瘦削的手在坟墓上做棺材是可怕的。

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The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.

我们所看到的这个看起来如此疯狂的世界,是一种信仰体系失灵的结果。要以不同的方式看待世界,我们必须愿意改变我们的信仰体系,让过去悄悄溜走,扩大我们对现在的感觉,并消除我们心中的恐惧。

We found that the most exciting environments, that treated people very well, are also tough as nails. There is no bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo... excellent companies provide two things simultaneously: tough environments and very supportive environments.

我们发现,最令人兴奋的环境,对人很好的环境,也像钉子一样坚硬。没有官僚主义的胡言乱语……优秀的公司同时提供两件事:艰难的环境和非常支持性的环境。

When you look at the sun during your walking meditation, the mindfulness of the body helps you to see that the sun is in you; without the sun there is no life at all and suddenly you get in touch with the sun in a different way.

当你在散步冥想时看着太阳,身体的正念帮助你看到太阳在你体内;没有太阳就没有生命,突然间你以一种不同的方式与太阳接触。

Music is entirely subjective. I was thinking that for myself, for songwriting and what I like to listen to, to help motivate me as a songwriter, as a musician, there are certain things I lean towards and certain things I don't.

音乐完全是主观的。我在想,对于我自己,对于写歌,对于我喜欢听的歌,对于激励我成为一名作曲家,一名音乐家,有一些事情我倾向于做,也有一些事情我不倾向。

Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.

记忆在很大程度上取决于我们思维的敏锐性、规律性和秩序。许多人抱怨缺乏记忆,当缺陷是在判断;而另一些人,什么也抓不住,什么也抓不住。

Thirteen thousand dollars a year is not enough to raise a family. That's not enough to pay your bills and save for their future. That's barely enough to provide for even the most basic needs.

一年一万三千美元不够养家。这还不够支付你的账单和为他们的未来存钱。这几乎不够满足最基本的需要。

Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul.

每当一个学生经过一幢属于他的学院的非常紧急、富有表现力的建筑时,它都能帮助他确信,他确实有那样的头脑,有那样的灵魂。

I'm a big fan of simplicity, especially with songs and I try not to make them complicated. I just make them simple and let people absorb that message themselves. That's my theory.

我非常喜欢简单,尤其是歌曲,我尽量不把它们复杂化。我只是让它们变得简单,让人们自己吸收这些信息。这是我的理论。

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

虽然竞争法则有时对个人来说很难,但对种族来说却是最好的,因为它确保了适者生存。

I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.

我认为每个人都应该上大学,拿到学位,然后做六个月的酒保和六个月的出租车司机。这样他们才会真正受到教育。

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

我们都有梦想。但是为了让梦想成真,它需要极大的决心、奉献、自律和努力。

Not only do I know how to milk a cow, but I know how to herd a bunch of cows, too, which is a life skill that I think may come in handy someday.

我不仅知道如何挤牛奶,还知道如何赶一群奶牛,我认为这是一项生活技能,有一天可能会派上用场。

What is it in my makeup that makes me grab any offer and fly around the world? Will I ever be satisfied? Can't I ever just rest?

是什么让我在化妆时抓住任何机会飞遍世界?我能满足吗?我就不能休息一下吗?

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.

一个严肃的傻瓜应该总是和一个活泼的傻瓜在一起——他们互相展示自己的优点。

Every man's dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands.

每个男人的梦想都是能够投入一个女人的怀抱而不落入她的手中。

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing.

拍一部电影,设置好场景,找好演员阵容,把他们聚在一起,并不是一件容易的事。

CBS was very generous in their offer to re-sign me. But I simply want to try something new.

哥伦比亚广播公司非常慷慨地提出与我续约。但我只是想尝试一些新的东西。

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

老柴最好烧,老酒最好喝,老朋友最好信赖,老作家最好读书。

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

老朋友的好处之一就是你可以和他们一起做傻事。

Models are just mannequins seeking validation at the hands of sleazy fashion people.

模特不过是在肮脏的时尚人士手中寻求认可的人体模特。

I can look up in the air and see where the wind is gonna change direction.

我可以抬头看看风会在哪里改变方向。

Every time I start the next movie, it's as exciting as the first time.

每次我开始看下一部电影,它都和第一部一样令人兴奋。

I didn't have a hard time making it, I had a hard time letting it go.

我并没有很难做到,我只是很难放手。

A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.

他现在只要有一座坟墓就够了,即使全世界的人也不够了。

Exercises are like prose, whereas yoga is the poetry of movements.

练习就像散文,而瑜伽是运动的诗歌。

I hope I'll consider my next part, having learnt from this one.

我希望我能考虑我的下一部分,从这一部分中吸取教训。

The world is a bitter thing for a dreaming heart to bear alone.

对于一颗有梦想的心来说,独自承受这个世界是一件痛苦的事情。

I tend to absorb a lot of what other people are feeling.

我倾向于吸收很多别人的感受。

I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist.

我想变得更瘦更有意义,保持简约。

Reblog if you know you should end it but can't.

如果你知道你应该结束它,但不能,重新写博客。

I've played an awful lot of repressed people.

我演过很多压抑的人。