Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.

  • -- Lawrence Block 劳伦斯·布洛克

意外的惊喜。寻找一些东西,再寻找一些其他的东西,然后意识到你所找到的比你想象的更适合你的需求。

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No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.

如果一个机构需要天才或超人来管理,它就不可能生存。它的组织方式必须能够在由一般人组成的领导下和睦相处。

That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar, so the invention itself has been.

也就是说,史诗被独立地创造了很多次;但是,由于推动这项发明的需求大致相同,所以这项发明本身也是如此。

The destiny of every human being is decided by what goes on inside his skull when confronted by what goes on outside his skull.

每个人的命运都是由他的头盖骨内部发生的事情决定的,当面对他头盖骨外部发生的事情时。

Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.

每个人都有自己的命运:唯一的命令就是追随它,接受它,不管它把他带到哪里。

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

为了成功,你对成功的渴望应该大于你对失败的恐惧。

Your heart's desire is to be told some mystery. The mystery is that there is no mystery.

你的心渴望被告知一些神秘的事情。神秘之处在于没有神秘。