The simplest principles become difficult of practice, when habits, formed in error, have been fixed by time, and the simplest truths hard to receive when prejudice has warped the mind.

  • -- Frances Wright 弗朗西丝·莱特

当错误养成的习惯被时间固定下来时,最简单的原则在实践中就会变得困难;当偏见扭曲了人们的思想时,最简单的真理就会变得难以接受。

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Children do not find it difficult or complicated to talk to their parents, nor do they feel embarrassed to bring the simplest need to their attention. Neither should we hesitate to bring the simplest requests confidently to the Father.

孩子们并不觉得与父母交谈困难或复杂,他们也不会因为把最简单的需求告诉父母而感到尴尬。我们也应该毫不犹豫地把最简单的要求自信地告诉天父。

What you really want for yourself is always trying to break through, just as a cooling breeze flows through an open window on a hot day. Your part is to open the windows of your mind.

你真正想要的是不断地突破自我,就像在炎热的日子里,一阵凉风吹过一扇敞开的窗户。你的职责是打开你心灵的窗户。

The best advice he gave me was to carry on. It would have been difficult to set foot back inside a TV studio if I hadn't carried on - I don't know if I would have ever gone back in.

他给我最好的建议就是坚持下去。如果我没有继续下去,我将很难回到电视演播室——我不知道我是否会再回到演播室。

I go back to South Africa at least once a year, sometimes twice, and usually for a month. And probably, I'm guessing, I'll spend more time back there as I get older.

我每年至少回南非一次,有时回两次,通常回一个月。我猜,随着年龄的增长,我可能会花更多的时间待在那里。

The easiest and simplest thing that any one can do to make their car safer, more gas efficient, whatever - check the tire pressure.

要想让自己的车更安全、更省油,最简单、最简单的方法就是检查轮胎气压。

It's not easy to walk out on a marriage and two young kids, and it's the most difficult thing I've ever had to do.

要抛弃一段婚姻和两个年幼的孩子并不容易,这是我做过的最困难的事情。

If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach.

如果我们的动机是为了钱,我们早就把公司卖了,结果落得个落魄潦倒的下场。

A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything.

自由的头脑是一种能够想象自己相信任何事情的头脑。