There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

  • -- Chanakya 考底利耶

没有一种紧缩等于平衡的思想,也没有一种幸福等于满足;没有一种疾病比得上贪婪,也没有一种美德比得上仁慈。

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We are taught to consume. And that's what we do. But if we realized that there really is no reason to consume, that it's just a mind set, that it's just an addiction, then we wouldn't be out there stepping on people's hands climbing the corporate ladder of success.

我们被教导要消费。这就是我们所做的。但如果我们意识到确实没有理由消费,这只是一种心态,这只是一种上瘾,那么我们就不会踩着别人的手爬上企业成功的阶梯。

Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world.

那些决定把休闲作为心智发展手段的人,那些喜欢好音乐、好书、好画、好剧本、好伙伴、好对话的人——他们是什么?他们是世界上最幸福的人。

This book, conceived in sorrow, composed in grief, and constructed at the brink of despair, contains my mind's best thoughts, and my soul's triumph over the powers of darkness.

这本书,构思于悲伤之中,构思于悲伤之中,构建于绝望的边缘,包含了我头脑中最好的思想,以及我的灵魂战胜黑暗力量的胜利。

Happiness, contentment, the health and growth of the soul, depend, as men have proved over and over again, upon some simple issue, some single turning of the soul.

正如人们一再证明的那样,幸福、满足、健康和灵魂的成长,都取决于一个简单的问题,取决于灵魂的某个单一的转向。

Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody.

美德不上镜。做一个好人是什么意思?一无所有,就是这样。一个大大的胖胖的零号,对着大家微笑。

There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.

敬畏神是大的,因信神是知足的,因谦卑是尊荣的。

It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.

认识到什么能让你快乐,这是一个很好的开始。

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

谦虚不仅是装饰品,而且是美德的守卫。