A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
目
Purpose
The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small group of countries.
联合国之所以具有独特的合法性，是因为人们普遍认为，它追求的目标比一个国家或一小群国家的利益更大。
Because the better an organization is at fulfilling its purpose, the more it attracts people who see the organization as an opportunity to advance themselves.
因为一个组织在实现其目标方面做得越好，它就越能吸引那些将组织视为提升自己机会的人。
I think my purpose was just to get out and sing. I love to sing. I wasn't even in it for the - you know, the prize. I was, like, 'Hey, man, I'm going to sing.'
我想我的目的就是出去唱歌。我喜欢唱歌。我甚至不是为了——你知道，奖品。我说，‘嘿，伙计，我要唱歌了。’
Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing journey thorough the world.
故事的目的是巩固人们或他们的领导人在他们现有的世界之旅中所取得的成就，或者想象他们所取得的成就。
I'm doing what I think I was put on this earth to do. And I'm really grateful to have something that I'm passionate about and that I think is profoundly important.
我在做我认为我来到这个世界上是要做的事。我真的很感激拥有我所热爱的东西，我认为这是非常重要的。
It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty. It seems to me that all life on Earth, the sum total of life upon the Earth, has purpose.
然而，只有关于地球上的生命，人们才能有把握地说出来。在我看来，地球上所有的生命，地球上所有生命的总和，都是有目的的。
The whole purpose of writing a book is to be understood - if other people write about you, they try to guess why you did things, or they hear things from other people.
写一本书的全部目的就是要让人理解——如果别人写你，他们会试图猜测你为什么要这么做，或者他们从别人那里听到了什么。
Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood.
为人父母不是欲望甚至欲望的对象。它是意志的对象。没有为人父母的欲望;为人父母只有一个目的或意图。
We all serve a purpose. My purpose isn't to be rejected. My purpose isn't to think small or to be introverted. This door closed is literally pushing me to the next door.
我们都有自己的目标。我的目的不是被拒绝。我的目的不是想得小或内向。这扇关着的门简直是把我推到了隔壁。
I'm really, really enjoying myself, I seem to have a lot of purpose in my life. I'm enjoying what I'm doing, you know, and people are liking it. So, it's great, you know.
我非常非常享受我自己，我的生活似乎有很多目标。我很享受我所做的，你知道，人们也很喜欢。所以，你知道，这很棒。
I looked up, and I really didn't know what had happened. He was saying sorry [as he crossed home plate], so I was like, OK. I don't think he'd do that to me [on purpose].
我抬头一看，真的不知道发生了什么事。他说对不起(当他越过本垒板)，所以我说，好吧。我认为他不会[故意]那样对我。
My mother said to me, "If you become a soldier, you'll be a general; if you become a monk, you'll end up as the Pope." Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.
妈妈对我说:“如果你成为一名士兵，你就会成为一名将军;如果你成为一名僧侣，你最终会成为教皇。”相反，我成了一名画家，最后成了毕加索。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.
这是人生真正的快乐，为一个你自己认为是伟大的目标而奋斗。
The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
最后一个诱惑是最大的背叛:以错误的理由做正确的事。
Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.
如果一个人不坚定地追求崇高或美好的目标，上帝不会为他留下任何美好或崇高的东西。目标是成功的永恒条件。
The purpose of life is to live it to taste experience to the utmost to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences.
生活的目的就是去体验生活，最大限度地去体验，热切地去接触，而不畏惧更新更丰富的体验。
If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose.
如果我们对动物创造的经济只给予很少的关注，我们就会发现明显的预谋、毅力、决心和完善技巧的例子，以便达到它们的目的。
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
没有男人或女人是一座孤岛。只为自己而存在毫无意义。当你感到与生活中一些更伟大的目标，一些比你自己更伟大的目标有关时，你就能获得最大的满足感。