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灵感
Inspiration
We often make the mistake of regarding the spark [of inspiration] as a constant-burning flame, and instead of catching the spark and fanning it into a flame within ourselves, we choose to sit in its glow.
我们经常犯这样的错误，把(灵感的)火花看作是不断燃烧的火焰，而不是抓住它，把它在我们内心扇成火焰，我们选择坐在它的光辉中。
Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
每一件作品都有它自己的身份，我们按照“我们不知道任何限制”的原则来发展它。“我们跟随当下的灵感，不担心我们演奏的是另类、前卫或融合摇滚。
The inspiration to write? Perhaps it's not so much inspiration, as a NEED to write. I get itchy and guilty and dissatisfied when I haven't written for a while. Ideas come to me and need to be written down.
写作的灵感?也许与其说是灵感，不如说是写作的需要。当我有一段时间没写东西的时候，我会感到发痒、内疚和不满。我有了一些想法，需要把它们写下来。
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
勇气是所有美德中最重要的，因为没有勇气，你就不能持续地实践任何其他美德。没有勇气，你可以反复练习任何美德，但没有勇气，你将一事无成。
What then have I done? What, except yield to a natural feeling, inspired by beauty, sanctioned by virtue and kept at all times within the bounds of respect. It's innocent expression prompted not by hope but by trust.
那么我做了什么呢?除了屈服于一种自然的感觉之外，还有什么东西是由美所激发，由美德所认可，并始终保持在尊重的范围之内的呢?这种天真的表情不是由希望而是由信任引起的。
My number one inspiration was my mother. She worked two jobs and had breakfast and dinner prepared. I essentially called my mother, The Lion. She's fierce and she's proud. I'd like to think some of that rubbed off on me.
我最大的灵感来自于我的母亲。她做两份工作，准备了早餐和晚餐。我打电话给我的母亲，狮子。她很凶猛，也很骄傲。我想这对我有一定的影响。
As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.
作为对作者的启发，我不认为猫可以被高估。他暗示了很多优雅，力量，美丽，运动，神秘主义。我不奇怪许多作家喜欢猫;令我惊讶的是，并非所有人都这么认为。
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
试图独自生活的人是不会成功的。他的心若不回答别人的心，就必枯干。如果他只听到自己思想的回声而没有发现其他灵感，他的大脑就会萎缩。
I could never tell where inspiration begins and impulse leaves off. I suppose the answer is in the outcome. If your hunch proves a good one, you were inspired; if it proves bad, you are guilty of yielding to thoughtless impulse.
我不知道灵感从何而来，冲动又从何而止。我想答案就在结果中。如果你的预感不错，你就会受到鼓舞;如果它被证明是坏的，你就会因屈服于轻率的冲动而感到内疚。
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
我断定，不是智慧使诗人能够写诗，而是一种本能或灵感，就像你在预言家和先知身上看到的那样，他们传达出所有崇高的信息，却一点也不知道它们的意思。
Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.
灵感的秘诀是:告诉你自己，成千上万的人，不是很聪明，当然也不比我们其他人更聪明，已经掌握了像现在困扰你的问题一样困难的问题。
All great art, and today all great artlessness, must appear extreme to the mass of men, as we know them today. It springs from the anguish of great souls. From the souls of men not formed, but deformed in factories whose inspiration is pelf.
正如我们今天所知道的那样，所有伟大的艺术，以及今天所有伟大的天真，在大多数人看来，都是极端的。它来自伟大灵魂的痛苦。他们的灵魂不是从工厂里成形的，而是从工厂里变形的。
KEEP EXPLORING
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Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
家里没有你不知道有用的东西，也没有你不相信美丽的东西。
Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
求你求告神，却要远离磐石。
The unexamined life is not worth living.
混混噩噩的生活不值得过。
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
让自己对一个比任何人对你的期望都要高的标准负责。永远不会原谅自己。
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.
追随内心的喜悦，宇宙会在原本只有墙壁的地方为你打开门。
A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.
期限是消极的激励。不过，这总比没有灵感好。