It is not the straining for great things that is most effective; it is the doing the little things, the common duties, a little better and better.

  • -- Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward 伊丽莎白·斯图尔特·菲尔普斯病房

努力追求伟大的东西并不是最有效的;它是做一些小事情,共同的责任,一点一点的好。

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Only reason can convince us of those three fundamental truths without a recognition of which there can be no effective liberty: that what we believe is not necessarily true; that what we like is not necessarily good; and that all questions are open.

只有理性才能使我们相信这三个基本真理,而不承认这三个真理,就不可能有真正的自由:我们相信的不一定是真理;我们喜欢的不一定是好的;所有的问题都是开放的。

A great free joy surges through me when I work... with tense slashes and a few thrusts the beautiful white fields receive their color and the work is finished in a few minutes.

当我工作时,一种巨大的自由的快乐涌上心头。随着紧张的斜杠和几次推挤,美丽的白色田野收到了它们的颜色,几分钟内就完成了工作。

There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race.

在不利条件下训练有很大的优势。在恶劣的条件下训练是最好的,因为这样的差别在比赛中是一个巨大的解脱。

I look at myself and pick out the things I don't like. No matter how much I work out, I never get muscle tone in my butt and hip area.

我审视自己,挑出我不喜欢的东西。不管我做了多少运动,我的臀部和臀部都没有肌肉。

We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.

我们只能对我们不理解的事情绝对肯定。

Laws are never as effective as habits.

法律永远不如习惯有效。