The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

  • -- Epictetus 埃皮克特斯

哲学的本质是一个人应该这样生活,他的幸福应该尽可能少地依赖于外在的东西。

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What would it be like to look in the mirror and actually accept what you see? Not loathe the reflection, or despise it, or be resigned to it? But to like it?

看着镜子里的自己,接受你所看到的是什么样子呢?不厌恶这种想法,不鄙视它,不屈从于它?但是喜欢它?

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

成年人永远不会自己理解任何事情,而孩子们总是没完没了地向他们解释事情是令人厌烦的。

I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool.

我仍然相信和平、富足和幸福是可以通过某种方式解决的。我是个傻瓜。

If a man's good for nothing else, he can at least teach philosophy.

如果一个人一无是处,他至少可以教哲学。