So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do.

  • -- Mother Maribel 母亲玛丽贝尔

我们常常试图改变环境来适应自己,而不是让它们改变我们,而这正是它们的本意。

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The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends.

世人以职业上的才能来判断一个人,我们也以同样的标准来判断自己:因为我们在生活中成功与否,也取决于这个标准。

I enjoy life so much more now, and I try hard to appreciate each and every day, but deep down I am still afraid it will be taken away.

我现在更享受生活了,我试着去珍惜每一天,但内心深处我仍然害怕它会被带走。

What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that we have several.

阻止我们完全沉溺于一种恶习的原因,往往是我们有好几种恶习。

I always try to think of a vocabulary to match different musical situations.

我总是试图想出一个词汇来搭配不同的音乐情景。

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.

我们平时不称赞别人,而是为了被别人表扬自己。

Often, when I want to consult my impulses, I cannot find them.

当我想克制自己的冲动时,往往找不到。