A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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Acceptance
Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension.
当一个人接受生活充满紧张时,他就成熟了。
What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
被禁止改正的错误会因为被接受而变得更轻。
A mountain man tries to live with the country instead of against it.
一个山里人试图与这个国家和睦相处而不是与它作对。
The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.
对不愉快情况的抵抗是痛苦的根源。
Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.
人在家里所当得的荣耀,人都当知足。
The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.
生活的艺术在于不断地调整我们周围的环境。
A man must live in the world and make the best of it, such as it is.
一个人必须生活在这个世界上,并充分利用它,因为它是这样的。
Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them.
通常,精明的人非但没有决定自己的命运,反而屈服于命运。
Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music.
当然,宽容和接受是我的音乐的前沿。
I have learned to live with it all... whatever happens ... all of it.
我已经学会了忍受这一切……无论发生什么……这一切。
Into each life some rain must fall, some days must be dark and dreary.
每个人的生活中都有一些阴雨连绵,有些日子必然阴暗沉闷。
For this is wisdom: to live, to take what fate, or the Gods, may give.
因为这就是智慧:活着,接受命运或诸神可能给予的一切。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
A flower falls even though we love it. A weed grows even though we don't love it.
即使我们爱一朵花,它也会掉下来。即使我们不喜欢杂草,它也会生长。
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。
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
大自然神奇地适合一个人的命运,使他们的果实,他的性格。
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。
People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.
人就像彩色玻璃窗:当太阳出来的时候,他们闪闪发光,但是当黑暗降临的时候,只有当里面有光的时候,他们真正的美丽才会显露出来。
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。