A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
把好句子,读进生活里。
一句英文,一种视角。慢慢读,总有一句与你共鸣。
Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.
通过冥想,一次只专注于一件事,我们可以学会把注意力放在我们选择的地方。
If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.
如果不是一颗宝石,甚至一朵花,我们应该把爱的思想作为礼物扔进朋友的心里,那将是天使的给予。
What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.
艺术提供的是空间——精神的某种呼吸空间。
When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.
当我评判艺术时,我把我的画放在上帝创造的物体旁边,比如树或花。如果冲突,那就不是艺术。
Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do.
节俭、谨慎和简朴的生活是需求的主宰,它们常常能完成与之相反的事情,而手头有一笔财富却做不到这一点。
Rather be dead than cool.
死也不酷。
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
不管你走得有多慢,只要你不停下来就行。
A Quarter of an hour is worth more than a thousand gold coins.
一寸光阴一寸金,寸金难买寸光阴。
Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.
老年本身就有足够的畸形。这决不应该给他们增添罪恶的丑恶。
You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or not to be.
你有一个选择。是死是活。每一次呼吸都是一种选择。每一分钟都是一种选择。生存还是毁灭。
Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
有时候,当你创新时,你会犯错。最好尽快承认这些错误,然后继续改进你的其他创新。
You must scale the mountains if you would view the plain.
欲穷千里目,更上一层楼。