One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk.

  • -- Margaret Chase Smith 玛格丽特·蔡斯·史密斯

当今世界上所有麻烦的根本原因之一是人们说得太多,想得太少。他们做事冲动,不加思考。我说话前总是先思考。

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The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.... A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words.

与他人沟通最基本、最有力的方式就是倾听。只是听。也许我们给予彼此的最重要的东西就是我们的关注…爱的沉默往往比最善意的话语更能治愈伤痛,更能沟通。

The way in which mathematicians and physicists and historians talk is quite different, and what a physicist means by physical intuition and what a mathematician means by beauty or elegance are things worth thinking about.

数学家、物理学家和历史学家说话的方式是完全不同的,物理学家对物理直觉的理解和数学家对美或优雅的理解是值得思考的。

Some people say that practice makes perfect but I just feel that the repetition works against me and I start thinking too far ahead during a show.

有些人说熟能生巧,但我只是觉得重复对我不利,我在演出时开始想得太远了。

To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language.

对那些在爱的自然中与她的有形形体交流的人来说,她说着一种不同的语言。

If you use tact you can say anything, then make it funny.

如果你使用机智,你可以说任何话,然后使它有趣。

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

沉默和机智可能是一回事,也可能不是一回事。