A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
不确定性
Uncertainties
We live in an epoch in which the solid ground of our preconceived ideas shakes daily under our certain feet.
我们生活在这样一个时代，我们先入之见的坚实根基每天都在我们的脚下动摇。
Yet none use their words more recklessly than the strong, who have not been sobered by the rebuffs and uncertainties of life.
然而，没有人比坚强的人更不顾后果地使用自己的语言，他们还没有被生活的挫折和不确定因素所警醒。
I said here's the river I want to flow on, here's the direction I want to go, and put my boat in. I was ready for the river to take unexpected turns and present obstacles.
我说这是我想要的河流，这是我想要去的方向，把我的船放进去。我已经准备好让这条河出现意想不到的转弯和眼前的障碍。
When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed.
当我年轻的时候，我对一切都很有把握;在几年的时间里，我犯了一千次错误，对大多数事情都不像以前那样半信半疑了。目前，除了神所启示的以外，我对任何事情都没有把握。
If I ever felt inclined to be timid as I was going into a room full of people, I would say to myself, "You're the cleverest member of one of the cleverest families in the cleverest class of the cleverest nation. ... Why should you be frightened?"
当我走进一个坐满人的房间时，如果我有过胆怯的倾向，我会对自己说:“你是这个国家最聪明的阶层中最聪明的家庭里最聪明的成员。”你为什么要害怕呢?”