A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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Acceptance
Peace in ourselves, peace in the world.
我们自己的和平,世界的和平。
When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.
当一条狗向你跑过来时,为它吹口哨。
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
要征服自然,就必须服从自然。
The great soul surrenders itself to fate.
伟大的灵魂向命运投降。
For so must it be, and help me do my part.
因为这是必须的,帮助我完成我的职责。
We do not write as we want, but as we can.
我们不是想写什么就写什么,而是能写什么就写什么。
No man can have society upon his own terms.
没有人能按照自己的意愿拥有社会。
Happiness ... can exist only in acceptance.
幸福……只能存在于接受之中。
Learn to drink the cup of life as it comes.
学会饮生命之杯。
To repel one's cross is to make it heavier.
击退一个人的十字架就是使它更重。
Happiness is a function of accepting what is.
幸福是接受现实的一种功能。
There are things I can't force. I must adjust.
有些事我不能强求。我必须调整。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know; and the best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot; bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it,
我所知道的最好的智慧,就是根据当时的情况,用常识行事;最好的哲学是尽自己的责任,顺其自然,恭敬地服从自己的命运;上帝保佑赐予我们如此多幸福的善良,
Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
不快乐最好的定义是我们的天赋和期望之间的差异。
Nature is what you may do. There is much you may not do.
自然是你可以做的。有许多事情你可能不去做。
Happiness comes from within a man, from some curious adjustment to life.
幸福来自于一个人的内心,来自于对生活的某种奇妙的适应。
She had believed the land was her enemy, and she struggled against it, but you could not make war against a land any more than you could against the sea. One had to learn to live with it, to belong to it, to fit into its seasons and its ways.
她曾认为土地是她的敌人,她与土地作斗争,但你不能对土地发动战争,就像你不能对大海发动战争一样。人们必须学会和它一起生活,融入它,适应它的季节和生活方式。