Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But don't be disappointed when they are not; it helps them to keep trying.

  • -- Merry Browne 梅里·布朗

期望人们比现在更好;它帮助他们变得更好。但如果没有,也不要失望;它帮助他们不断尝试。

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Rapid population growth and technological innovation, combined with our lack of understanding about how the natural systems of which we are a part work, have created a mess.

快速的人口增长和技术创新,再加上我们对我们所处的自然系统如何运作缺乏了解,造成了一场混乱。

I came to the conclusion that the optimist thought everything good except the pessimist, and that the pessimist thought everything bad,except himself.

我得出的结论是,乐观主义者认为一切都好,除了悲观主义者,悲观主义者认为一切都坏,除了他自己。

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.

没有悲观主义者曾发现过星星的秘密,或航行到一个未知的地方,或为人类的精神打开一个新的天堂。

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.

增长是一种不稳定的前进运动:前进两步,后退一步。记住这一点,对自己要温柔。