Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

  • -- Lin Yutang 林玉堂

除了把事情做完的高尚艺术,还有把事情做完的高尚艺术。生活的智慧在于消除不必要的东西。

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The highest excellence is like water. The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying, without striving, the low place which all men dislike.

上善若水,水善利万物而不争。处眾人之所恶,故几於道。

If it's coming near the end of a chapter and I'm really getting into it, I tend to get up earlier and earlier, just because I'm excited to get to work.

如果快到一章的结尾了,而且我真的很投入,我就会越来越早起床,因为我很兴奋能开始工作。

Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.

大多数科学的基本概念本质上都很简单,而且通常可以用一种人人都能理解的语言来表达。

I don't see myself getting married again, but if I do, it will be forever.

我不想再结婚了,但如果我再结婚,那将是永远的。