Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.

  • -- Ralph W. Sockman 拉尔夫·W·索克曼

好习惯能自动控制我们较低的激情和欲望,让我们的天性自由地探索生活中更大的经历。我们中有太多的人在辩论应该被视为理所当然的行动时分裂和浪费了我们的精力。

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The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

让你的生活有意义的方法是全身心地去爱别人,全身心地投入到你周围的社区,全身心地去创造一些能给你目标和意义的东西。

But the Grammys is just not something I can take too seriously. It would be a mistake to hinge my happiness on something so completely out of my control.

但格莱美奖并不是我可以太认真对待的事情。把我的幸福寄托在完全不受我控制的事情上是错误的。

Out of my discomforts, which were small enough, grew one thing for which I have all my life been grateful, the formation of fixed habits of work.

在我的种种小小的不适中,有一件事使我终生感激不尽,那就是养成了固定的工作习惯。

I'm not that in control of myself that I could be specific about exactly the way I'm doing everything as it happens. I'm just trying my best.

我不能很好地控制自己,我不能具体地描述我做事情的方式。我只是尽力了。

Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after.

我们的激情就像一阵痉挛,虽然能让我们暂时变得更强,但过后却会变得更弱。

The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.

唯一的好丈夫都是单身汉:他们太体贴人了,不可能结婚。

Better one good thing that is than two good things that were.

从前有两件好事,不如现在有一件好事。

Even the most fickle are faithful to a few bad habits.

即使是最善变的人也有一些坏习惯。