A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
欲望
Desire
If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby "it."
如果你想把一个人对你所能倾注的最大的轻蔑和仇恨之杯全部吸干，让一位年轻的母亲听到你叫她亲爱的宝贝“它”吧。
The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air.
想要飞翔的想法是我们的祖先传给我们的，他们……羡慕地看着鸟儿在太空中自由翱翔……在无限的空中高速公路上。
Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood.
为人父母不是欲望甚至欲望的对象。它是意志的对象。没有为人父母的欲望;为人父母只有一个目的或意图。
Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with desire.
语言是一层皮肤:我用我的语言去摩擦另一层。这就好像我有文字而不是手指，或者手指在我文字的顶端。我的语言因渴望而颤抖。
A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the appeal of toys comes to lie not in their use but in their status as possessions.
孩子对新玩具的兴趣吸引了他们对拥有和占有的渴望:玩具的吸引力不在于它们的用途，而在于它们作为财产的地位。
Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
修行就是在面对一切障碍时，一遍又一遍的去完成一些愿景、信仰和欲望的行为。实践是追求完美的一种方式。
Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
命运是一种不值得追求和避免的东西。这是一种不违背理性的神秘，因为它暗示着世界和人类历史的进程是有意义的。
I would desire that every man would lay his hand on his heart, and consider seriously whether the beginnings of the people’s happiness should be written in letters of blood.
我希望每个人都把手放在自己的心上，认真考虑一下人民幸福的开端是否应该用鲜血书写。
Humanity's deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for our continuing quest. And our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in.
人类对知识最深切的渴望足以为我们不断的探索提供正当的理由。我们的目标就是完整地描述我们所生活的宇宙。
A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire.
生活要么是精神的，要么根本就不是精神的。一个人不能事奉两个主。你的生活是由你的目标所塑造的。你是按照你所渴望的形象塑造的。
We were now back at Smith Landing, and fired with a desire to make another Buffalo expedition on which we should have ampler time and cover more than a mere corner of the range.
我们现在又回到史密斯登陆点，心中燃起了另一次水牛探险的愿望，这次探险我们应该有更多的时间，而不仅仅是走完航程的一个角落。
I have no desire to prove anything by dancing. I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing myself. I just dance. I just put my feet in the air and move them around.
我不想通过跳舞来证明什么。我从来没有把它作为一种发泄或表达自己的方式。我只是跳舞。我只是把我的脚放在空中移动。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.
你立定心意的时候，要谨慎，因为这心意必属你。
Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
每笔交易都有五个基本障碍:不需要、不需要钱、不着急、没有欲望、没有信任。
What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.
你想要什么意思?生活是一种欲望，而不是一种意义。
My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.
我的角色是由对正义的强烈渴望所驱动的。他们是叛逆的，清廉的。
You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop as an independent personality, but this does not seem to be true.
你可能认为每个人都有发展成独立人格的自然愿望，但这似乎不是真的。
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
我宁愿贫穷时住在书屋里，也不愿做一个没有读书欲望的国王。