A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
准备
Readiness
E. M. Forster never gets any further than warming the teapot. He's a rare fine hand at that. Feel this teapot. Is it not beautifully warm? Yes, but there ain't going to be no tea.
福斯特不过是把茶壶暖了暖而已。他在这方面是个罕见的高手。觉得这茶壶。天气不是很暖和吗?是的,但是不会没有茶的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
眼睛只看到心灵准备去理解的东西。
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
如果我们等待另一个人或另一个时间,改变就不会到来。我们就是我们一直在等待的那个人。我们就是我们所追求的改变。
If you are not ready today, you will be even less so tomorrow.
如果你今天没有准备好,明天就更不用说了。
Be in readiness for favorable winds.
要为有利的风做好准备。
The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error, but in their readiness to acknowledge these inevitable lapses.
我注意到人类之间最大的不同不在于他们愿意犯错误,而在于他们愿意承认这些不可避免的错误。
Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
担忧并不意味着恐惧,而是为对抗做好准备。