A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
杂项
Miscellaneous
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.
让每件事都尽可能的简单，但不是越简单越好。
Whether you think you can, or think you can't. You're right.
无论你认为你能，还是认为你不能。你是对的。
In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.
在所有的混乱中都有一个宇宙，在所有的混乱中都有一个秘密的秩序。
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
我听见了就忘记了。我看见了，我记得。我知道，我理解。
If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
如果你总是做你感兴趣的事，至少有一个人是高兴的。
If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.
如果你从来没有被你的孩子恨过，那么你也从来没有做过父母。
I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.
我认为少年棒球联盟很棒。它把孩子们挡在门外。
With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.
除了赤道，一切都始于某处。
A small town is a place where there's no place to go where you shouldn't.
小镇是一个没有地方可以去的地方，你不应该去的地方。
What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
我们预料不到的事很少发生，但我们预料不到的事往往发生。
The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual.
整个宇宙理论都准确无误地指向一个人。
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
正如我们必须解释每一个无聊的话一样，我们也必须解释每一个无聊的沉默。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.
他没有财富;它拥有他。
Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
造就人的不是环境，而是品格。
It is only to the individual that a soul is given.
只有对个人，灵魂才会被赋予。
Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.
知识产权的保质期和香蕉差不多。
There is nothing so stable as change.
没有什么比变化更稳定了。
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
告诉我们要服从本能就像告诉我们要服从人一样。人们会说不同的话，直觉也是如此。我们的本能处于战争状态…每一种本能，如果你听从它，都会声称以牺牲其他本能为代价而得到满足。