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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Cultivate the frontal portion of her brain as much as that of man is cultivated, and she will stand his equal at least. Even now, where her mind has been called out at all, her intellect is as bright, as capacious, and as powerful as his.

她的大脑的前额部分要像男人的大脑一样被培养,这样她至少能与男人平起平坐。即使是现在,在她的思想被完全激发出来的地方,她的智慧仍然和他一样聪明,一样宽广,一样强大。

I never had one hour's happiness in her society, and yet my mind all round the four-and-twenty hours was harping on the happiness of having her with me unto death.

和她在一起,我从来没有过一小时的幸福,然而在这二十四小时里,我的脑子里却一直在念叨着和她在一起直到死的幸福。

The calm mind allows one to connect with the inner self, the Soul, the very source of our being. That's where the music lives. That's where my music comes from.

平静的头脑允许一个人与内在的自我,灵魂,我们存在的源头相联系。那就是音乐存在的地方。这就是我音乐的来源。

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

渴望永无止境。因此,只有满足才是幸福的最佳途径。因此,获得满足感。

One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno.

一个人应该养成良好的记忆习惯,因为它能使生活成为天堂或地狱。

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered .

什么是杂草?一种美德尚未被发现的植物。

We should be content with a little – not with littleness.

我们应该满足于一点而不是一点。

Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.

对美德的忠诚往往源于满足的欲望。