A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

知足是人生在世最大的幸事。

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It was all a back-handed blessing, and my friends were the ones who kept the faith, read my work, and urged me to submit it to publishers (by sending it out for me - they would not hear no for an answer.

这一切都是背信弃义的祝福,而我的朋友们是那些坚守信仰的人,他们阅读我的作品,敦促我把它提交给出版商(把它寄给我——他们不愿听到一个“不”的回答。

So we strive for perfection in the areas in which we can control, and that isn't necessarily what provides contentment and joy for ourselves and, more importantly, for our children.

所以我们努力在我们能控制的领域追求完美,而这并不一定能给我们自己,更重要的是,给我们的孩子带来满足和快乐。

Happiness, contentment, the health and growth of the soul, depend, as men have proved over and over again, upon some simple issue, some single turning of the soul.

正如人们一再证明的那样,幸福、满足、健康和灵魂的成长,都取决于一个简单的问题,取决于灵魂的某个单一的转向。

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

最难掌握的算术是能让我们计算自己的幸福。

I can sing, but my voice is untrained. I'd like to do a musical someday.

我能唱歌,但我的声音未经训练。我想有一天演一部音乐剧。

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

每一个被忽视的祝福都会变成诅咒。