People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living isn't complicated enough.

人们往往把自己的生活复杂化，好像生活还不够复杂似的。

People want to be happy, and all the other things they want are typically meant to be a means to that end.

人们想要快乐，他们想要的所有其他东西通常都是为了达到这个目的的一种手段。

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

懂得少的人通常是健谈的人，而懂得多的人却很少说话。

Perfection seems sterile; it is final, no mystery in it; it's a product of an assembly line.

完美似乎无菌;它是最终的，没有任何神秘;这是装配线的产品。

Perhaps a man really dies when his brain stops, when he loses the power to take in a new idea.

也许当一个人的大脑停止工作，当他失去接受新思想的能力时，他就真的死了。

Perhaps the rare and simple pleasure of being seen for what one is compensates for the misery of being it.

或许，被人看到的那种罕见而简单的快乐，可以弥补被人看到的痛苦。

Perhaps wisdom is simply a matter of waiting, and healing a question of time. And anything good you've ever been given is yours forever.

也许智慧只是一个等待的问题，而治愈时间的问题。你所得到的一切美好都将永远属于你。

Philosophy can make people sick.

哲学能使人生病。

Physical charms attract the eyes, goodness attracts the mind.

身体的魅力吸引眼睛，心灵的善良吸引心灵。

Physical strength doesn't mean a damn thing when you're all cut up and bleeding inside.

当你的身体内部都被割伤流血时，身体的力量并不意味着什么。

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. On Being a Teacher

选择大到重要、小到能赢的战役。关于当老师

Poetry and art nourish the soul of the world with the flavor-filled substances of beauty, wisdom and truth.

诗歌和艺术以美、智、真等丰富的物质滋养着世界的灵魂。

Possible is more a matter of attitude, A matter of decision, to choose Among the impossible possibilities, When one sound opportunity Becomes a possible solution.

可能更多的是一种态度，一种决定，在不可能的可能性中做出选择，当一个好的机会成为可能的解决方案时。

Poverty is the parent of revolution & crime.

贫穷是革命和犯罪的根源。

Poverty with dignity is better than wealth based on shame.

有尊严的贫穷胜过以羞耻为基础的财富。