A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
本身
Itself
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
只有天堂本身比一个真正的朋友更好。
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。
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。
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
我们将从苦难的心中汲取灵感和生存的手段。
To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God.
思考本身是有用的;在任何情况下，它总是向上帝奋斗。
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。
Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.
新闻自由本身不是目的，而是实现自由社会的一种手段。
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。
He who has loved and who betrays love does harm not only to the image of the past, but to the past itself.
爱过又背叛爱的人，不但伤害过去的形象，而且伤害过去本身。
One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.
一个人的头脑总有办法在幕后发挥作用，他的意图突然变得清晰起来。
However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.
无论一个行为本身多么光荣，如果它不是智慧和意图的结果，就不应该被认为是伟大的。
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。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Awaken its powers, and it will respect itself.
唤醒它的力量，它就会尊重自己。
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。
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。
Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.
成长本身就包含着幸福的萌芽。
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。
An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.
知识分子是那种能观察自己思想的人。