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。
A blind man can make art if what is in his mind can be passed to another mind in some tangible form.
盲人可以创造艺术,如果他头脑中的东西可以以某种有形的形式传递给另一个头脑。
Mental communication without verbalization... all space is made up of waves and we are constantly sending and receiving messages from our brain.
没有语言表达的精神交流……所有的空间都是由波组成的,我们不断地从大脑中发送和接收信息。
We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.
我们淹没在信息之中,却渴望智慧。从此以后,世界将由合成器来管理,人们能够在正确的时间组合正确的信息,批判性地思考,并做出明智的重要选择。
The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.
艺术比股市或国会辩论更能反映我们这个世界正在发生的事情。
Everything we hear is an opinion not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective not the truth.
我们听到的一切都是意见而不是事实。我们所看到的一切都是一种观点,而不是事实。
Sadness and gladness succeed each other.
悲伤和快乐相继而来。
There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later.
总有某个特定的时刻,我们会意识到自己的青春已经逝去;但是,多年以后,我们知道那是很久以后的事了。
But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is.
但无论如何,关键是没有人承认上帝的存在,而每个人都是真实存在的。
Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
你是否只从那些仰慕你、温柔待你、支持你的人身上吸取了教训?那些与你争竞,与你争竞的,岂不是给你大教训吗?
The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were interminable. I always admired Chekhov for building a new house when he was dying of tuberculosis.
应对衰老的方法是让自己的大脑忙碌起来,继续过着永无止境的生活。我一直很钦佩契诃夫,因为他在死于肺结核的时候盖了一栋新房子。
When eating an elephant take one bite at a time.
吃大象时,一次咬一口。
If you can dream and not make dreams your master.
如果你能梦想而不让梦想成为你的主人。