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Acceptance
Of course there is not formula for success except, perhaps, an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.
当然,除了无条件地接受生活及其带来的东西之外,成功没有公式。
The world is not to be put in order; the world is in order. It is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order.
世界没有秩序;世界秩序井然。我们应该使自己与这一秩序保持一致。
People are lucky and unlucky ... according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.
人有幸运和不幸……根据他们所得到的和他们所期望的之间的比例。
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
通往幸福的道路只有一条,那就是停止去担心那些我们无法控制的事情。
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.
每件事都有它的奇迹,甚至黑暗和寂静,无论我处于什么状态,我都能从中得到满足。
Don't ever change yourself to impress someone, because they should be impressed that you don't change to please others.
永远不要为了取悦别人而改变自己,因为你不应该为了取悦别人而改变自己。
He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances.
环境适合他的性情的人是幸福的;但能让自己的脾气适应任何环境的人更优秀。
It is right it should be so, Man was made for joy and woe; And when this we rightly know, Through the world we safely go.
应该如此,人是为快乐和悲伤而生的;当我们正确地认识到这一点时,我们就能安全地穿过这个世界。
There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.
与不可避免的事情争论是没有好处的。东风的唯一理由是穿上你的大衣。
The fact that you are willing to say, "I do not understand, and it is fine," is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.
你愿意说“我不明白,但没关系”,这是你能表现出来的最大的理解。
Greatness of soul consists not so much in soaring high and in pressing forward, as in knowing how to adapt and limit oneself.
灵魂的伟大不在于展翅高飞和勇往直前,而在于懂得如何适应和限制自己。
What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
该是什么就会是什么;对于挣扎的人来说,那是必须的,对于愿意的人来说,那只不过是一种选择。
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Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be helped; acceptance makes that distinction. Apathy paralyzes the will-to-action; acceptance frees it by relieving it of impossible burdens.
有些人把接受和冷漠混淆了,但世界上有很大的不同。冷漠无法区分什么能做,什么不能做;接受决定了这种区别。冷漠麻痹了行动的意愿;接受可以让你从不可能的负担中解脱出来。
A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately.
私人有轨电车不是一种后天的爱好。一个人马上就会喜欢上它。
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they might have been.
人类是唯一会笑会哭的动物;因为他是唯一被事物的本来面目和现在的本来面目之间的差别所打动的动物。
Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We're standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade.
非洲是一片火海。在内心深处,如果我们真的接受非洲人与我们是平等的,我们就会做得更多来扑灭这场大火。我们拿着饮水机站在那里,而我们真正需要的是消防队。
The best thing we can do is to make wherever we're lost look as much like home as we can.
我们能做的最好的事情就是让我们迷路的地方看起来像我们的家一样。
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
世上没有纯粹的快乐;有些焦虑总是伴随着它。