副标题:Ali's morning reading(day191-day210)
191.There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life - happiness,freedom and piece of mind - are always attained by giving them to someone else.
自然界有一个神秘而又奇妙的法则,那就是我们最渴望的三样东西——快乐,自由及内心的平静,都是通过给予别人而获得的。
192.The happy people are those who are producing something;the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing.
快乐的人有生产力,无聊的人大量消费但没什么生产力。
193.There is no witness so dreadful,no accuser so terrible,as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.
没有比心中良知更骇人的证人,更可恶的控诉者了。
194.Many persons have a wrong ideas of what constitutes true happiness.It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
许多人对什么是真正的快乐持错误观点,达到快乐不是通过满足自我,而是对忠于一个有价值的目标。
195.Becoming an adult is learning to live in doubt:developing,through experience,one's own philosophy and ethics;avoiding ready-made thinking.
成人学会在生活中存疑,通过经验发展自己的哲学及道德观,避免套用现成的观点。
196.We may pass violets looking for roses.We may pass contentment looking for victory.
我们可能在追求玫瑰时错失了紫罗兰,我们可能在追求成功时错失了快乐。
197.Whenever you see darkness,there is extraordinary opportunity for the light to burn brighter.
每当你看到黑暗,烛光就有绝佳机会燃烧得更明亮。
198.Justice without force is powerless.Force without justice is tyrannical.
没有武力的正义缺乏力量,没有正义的武力则是专横。
199.We all have our own life to pursue,our own kind of dream to be waving,and we all have the power to make wishes come true,as long as we keep believing.
我们都有自己要追求的人生,自己要编织的梦想,我们都有能力实现愿望,只要我们持续相信。
200.Unhappiness indicates wrong thinking;just as ill health indicates a bad regimen.
不快乐代表错误的思维,如同生病代表欠佳的生活方式一样。
201.The life force is vigorous,the delight that accompanies it counterbalances all the pains and hardships that confront men.
人生充满活力,所伴随的快乐抵消人们所面临的所有痛楚与困境。
202.There will always be a Frontier where there is an open mind and a willing hand.
敞开的心胸加上愿意行动,人们就永远会发现新天地。
203.Happy is he who is brave enough to push on to another stage of the journey.
快乐的人都有勇气强迫自己踏上下一阶段的旅程。
204.The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts:therefore,guard accordingly,and take care that you entertain no notion unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
人生的快乐取决于你思维的品质,那么,依照此点去看管你的想法,注意不要持有违背美德与常理的观点。
205.We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.
我们需要创意来挣脱临时的框架,而框架是在经过一连串特定经验后所形成的。
206.Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is the core of our humanity.It is the essence of compassion and the beginning of morality.
想象你自己以外的人是什么情况是人性的核心,那是同情心的本质与道德的开端。
207.Dreamers are mocked as impractical.The truth is they are the most practical,as their innovations lead to progress and a better way of life for all of us.
梦想者被人嘲笑不切实际,但事实上他们是最实际的人,因为他们的创新引发进步,并为所有人带来更好的生活方式。
208.The growth of wisdom may be gauged
exactly by the diminution of ill temper.
乖戾脾气的减少可以准确地反映智慧的增长。
209.Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffed under all circumstances.
在所有情况下永远保持冷静且不受影响可以带给一个人莫大的优势。
210.There is nothing as easy as denouncing.It doesn't take much to see that something is wrong,but it does take some eyesight to see what will put it right again.
指责是非常容易的事,看见缺点不需要太多力气,但是发现修正的办法则需要一些见识。
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