To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him, their own selves, their version of him.

  • -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 约翰·沃尔夫冈·冯·歌德

真正被爱,是最大的例外。绝大多数人只爱他们借给他的东西,他们自己,他们自己的版本的他。

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Our deepest calling is to grow into our own authentic self-hood, whether or not it conforms to some image of who we ought to be. As we do so, we will not only find the joy that every human being seeks -- we will also find our path of authentic service in the world.

我们内心深处的呼唤是成长为真正的自我,不管它是否符合我们应该成为的某种形象。当我们这样做的时候,我们不仅会找到每个人都在寻找的快乐,我们还会找到我们在世界上真正服务的道路。

The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.

三流的头脑只有和大多数人一起思考时才会感到快乐。二流的头脑只有在与少数人一起思考时才会感到快乐。第一流的头脑只有在思考的时候才是幸福的。