A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
本身
Itself
Perfection itself is imperfection.
完美本身就是不完美。
We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
我们是宇宙认识自身的一种方式。
Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.
美德本身并无恶意中伤之嫌。
Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.
成长本身就包含着幸福的萌芽。
Awaken its powers, and it will respect itself.
唤醒它的力量，它就会尊重自己。
Inspiration is God making contact with itself.
灵感是上帝与自己的接触。
To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
期待失败是失败本身的十分之九。
Stated clearly enough, an idea may cancel itself out.
说得足够清楚，一个想法可能会自我抵消。
An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.
知识分子是那种能观察自己思想的人。
All is connected... no one thing can change by itself.
所有连接…没有一件事可以单独改变。
Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.
艺术本身就是从混乱中恢复秩序的一种尝试。
Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits.
官僚主义产生了自己，然后期望生育福利。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.
革命产生于对暴政的愤慨，而革命本身孕育着暴政。
Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.
没有自由，就没有艺术;艺术只活在它强加于自己的约束之下，而死于其他一切的约束之下。
Education is a social process. Education is growth. Education is, not a preparation for life; education is life itself.
教育是一个社会过程。教育是成长。教育不是为生活做准备；教育就是生活本身。
Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself.
只有当一个人日复一日地用生命去换别的东西而不是生命本身时，生命才有意义。
This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.
这份报告篇幅很长，它为自己辩护，避免了被人阅读的风险。