A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
生活
Life
从日常选择、人与人的相处，到面对变化时的态度，这些句子记录了不同的人对生活的理解。读英文原句，再对照中文，留意那些与你的经历相呼应的表达。
You are free to give life meaning, whatever meaning you want to give it.
你可以自由地赋予生活意义，不管你想赋予它什么意义。
The purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done.
生活的目的不是做我们想做的事，而是做我们需要做的事。
It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts.
重要的不是你活了多少岁，而是你活了多少岁。
Forever may it remain that way. And may God bless these now-found souls.
愿永远如此。愿上帝保佑这些现在找到的灵魂。
Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
不读历史，只读传记，因为传记是没有理论的生活。
Because if you take a risk, you just might find what you're looking for.
因为如果你冒险，你可能会找到你想要的东西。
Never make promises you can't keep. It destroys relationships and trust.
永远不要做出无法兑现的承诺。它破坏了人际关系和信任。
It's easier to explain price once than to apologize for quality forever.
解释一次价格要比永远为质量道歉容易。
But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.
但我在波特兰郊区上的高中，在这里上的大学。
If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.
如果你热爱生命，就不要浪费时间，因为生命是由时间组成的。
When you are older you will know that life is a long lesson in humility.
当你长大了，你就会知道生活是一门关于谦卑的漫长课程。
Choose battles that you can win without losing your heart and your soul.
选择你能在不失去你的心和灵魂的情况下赢得的战斗。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.
生活的主要价值不在于你得到了什么。人生的主要价值在于你成为什么样的人。
Love is the best thing in the world and the thing that lives the longest.
爱是世界上最好的东西，也是寿命最长的东西。
Life is hard and beautiful. It took love to see the beauty of it in the hardest time.
生活是艰难而美好的。在最艰难的时候，只有爱才能看到它的美丽。
It is easier to make our wishes conform to our means than to make our means conform to our wishes.
使我们的愿望符合我们的手段比使我们的手段符合我们的愿望要容易得多。
When you analyze happiness, it turns out that the way you spend your time is extremely important.
当你分析幸福时，你发现你的时间分配方式是极其重要的。
Being in touch with the natural world is crucial.
与自然世界保持联系是至关重要的。