The pains of disconcerted or frustrated habits, and the inherent pleasure there is in following them, are motives which nature has put into our wills without generally caring to inform us why; and she sometimes decrees, indeed, that her reasons shall not be ours.

  • -- Chauncey Wright 他的学生赖特

习惯所带来的痛苦,以及遵循习惯所带来的内在乐趣,都是大自然赋予我们意志的动机,通常我们并不在意为什么要这样做;她有时甚至命令说,她的理由决不是我们的。

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As a leader, I am tough on myself and I raise the standard for everybody; however, I am very caring because I want people to excel at what they are doing so that they can aspire to be me in the future.

作为一个领导者,我对自己很严格,我为每个人提高了标准;然而,我很在乎,因为我想让人们在他们所做的事情上做得更好,这样他们将来就可以立志成为我。

When you are caring about your children perhaps you always have to remember at what point you can become over involved because of something you need rather than something the child needs.

当你照顾你的孩子时,也许你总是要记住,在什么时候你会因为你需要的东西而过分投入,而不是孩子需要的东西。

If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.

如果批评你的朋友让你很痛苦,你这样做是安全的。但如果你从中得到一点点快乐,那就是闭嘴的时候了。

A good story often increases the salability of an item without increasing its actual value.

一个好的故事通常会在不增加商品实际价值的情况下提高商品的销售能力。

Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.

自由意志是一种幻觉。人们总是选择感知到的最大快乐的道路。

A day without you feels like a needle in my heart.

没有你的日子就像针扎进了我的心。