The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.

  • -- Carlos Castaneda 卡洛斯·卡斯塔尼达

诀窍在于强调什么。我们要么让自己痛苦,要么让自己快乐。工作量是一样的。

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Infantile love follows the principle: "I love because I am loved." Mature love follows the principle: "I am loved because I love." Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says: "I need you because I love you."

幼稚的爱遵循这样的原则:“我爱是因为我被爱。” 成熟的爱情遵循这样的原则:“我被爱是因为我爱。” 不成熟的爱说:“我爱你,因为我需要你。” 成熟的爱说:“我需要你,因为我爱你。”

Emotions are celebrated and repressed, analyzed and medicated, adored and ignored -- but rarely, if ever, are they honored.

情感被庆祝和压抑,被分析和治疗,被崇拜和忽视——但很少,如果有的话,他们被尊重。

It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.

这是我妈妈的主意。她的感觉是,我自己没有选择交易的智慧。

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.

犯错是人之常情;跌倒是家常便饭;能够嘲笑自己是成熟的表现。

The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.

现代性的挑战在于不抱幻想,不幻灭。

The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or joy.

这个世界的悲剧在于,没有人是快乐的,无论是困在痛苦还是快乐的时候。

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

幸福是一份礼物,诀窍不在于期待它,而在于当它来临时,你要从中得到快乐。

However, one cannot put a quart in a pint cup.

然而,一个人不能把一夸脱放在一品脱的杯子里。