A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
更改/增长
Change/Growth
In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.
在我们的工作和生活中，我们必须认识到，差异是庆祝和增长的理由，而不是破坏的理由。
The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals. (L'esprit humain fait progres toujours, mais c'est progres en spirale.)
人的思想总是在进步，但它是螺旋形的进步。(我的精神进步很大，但这是螺旋式的进步。)
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
如果我们等待另一个人或另一个时间，改变就不会到来。我们就是我们一直在等待的那个人。我们就是我们所追求的改变。
In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
在变化的时代，学习者继承了地球，而学者发现他们自己有能力处理一个不再存在的世界。
No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.
没有人能控制你的幸福，除了你自己;因此，你有能力改变自己或生活中任何你想改变的事情。
One thing that never ceases to amaze me, along with the growth of vegetation from the earth and of hair from the head, is the growth of understanding.
有一件事永远不会停止让我惊讶，伴随着地球上植物的生长和头上毛发的生长，那就是理解的增长。
At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he knows he can't.
二十岁的人充满斗志和希望。他想改革世界。当他七十岁时，他仍然想改革世界，但他知道他不能。
Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species -- man -- acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world.
只有在以本世纪为代表的那个时代，一个物种——人类——才获得了改变其世界本质的巨大力量。
If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.
如果你意识到所有的事情都在改变，那么你就没有什么可以坚持的了。如果你不害怕死亡，没有什么是你做不到的。
Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
当我可以死去的时候，我希望那些最了解我的人对我说，我总是摘下蓟，在我认为会开花的地方种上一朵花。
Learn wisdom from the ways of a seedling. A seedling which is never hardened off through stressful situations will never become a strong productive plant.
从幼苗的行为中学到智慧。一株幼苗永远不会在压力下变硬，也永远不会成为一株高产的植物。
To me success means effectiveness in the world, that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world -- that I am able to change it in positive ways.
对我来说，成功意味着在这个世界上的有效性，我能够把我的想法和价值观带到这个世界上——我能够以积极的方式改变它。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.
没有人是你的朋友，他要求你保持沉默，或者拒绝你成长的权利。
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
当你走到绳子的尽头时，打个结，然后挂在绳子上。
It is the nature of a man as he grows older- to protest against change, particularly changes for the better
随着年龄的增长，人的本性就是反对变化，特别是向好的变化
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew.
凡事都要有耐心，但最重要的是要对自己有耐心。不要在考虑自己的缺点时失去勇气，而是要立即着手改正——每天都要重新开始。
There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives to his life by the unfolding of his powers, by living productively.
生命没有任何意义，只有人类通过展现自己的能力，通过富有成效的生活赋予生命的意义。
The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it.
宇宙在转变;我们的生活是我们的思想创造的。