The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it's only money... they don't know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination.

  • -- Alan Wilson Watts 艾伦·威尔逊·沃茨

我们贫穷的原因是我们没有想象力。有很多人在积累他们认为是巨大的财富,但那只是钱……他们不知道如何享受它,因为他们没有想象力。

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No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.

没有人能通过翻阅账簿来判断自己是富有还是贫穷。是心灵使人富有。他富有不是因为他拥有什么,而是因为他是什么样的人。

Our imagination just needs space. It's all it needs, that moment where you just sort of stare into the distance where your brain gets to sort of somehow rise up.

我们的想象力需要空间。这就是它所需要的一切,那一刻你只需凝视远方,你的大脑就会以某种方式上升。

Wealthy men can't live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance.

富人不能住在一个被贫困包围的岛上。我们都呼吸着同样的空气。我们必须给每个人一个机会,至少一个基本的机会。

Happiness is the contentment in the heart, peace of mind, a sense of stability, a right attitude and being content with what is sufficient.

幸福是内心的满足、内心的平静、稳定的感觉、正确的态度和知足。

Making money isn't hard in itself,what's hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting your life to.

挣钱本身并不难,难的是挣到钱去做一些值得你奉献一生的事情。

Trust that little voice in your head that says 'Wouldn't it be interesting if...'; And then do it.

相信你脑袋里那个小小的声音:“如果……会不会很有趣?”然后去做。

So I'm definitely in favour of stimulating the dynamic wealth creation sectors of the economy.

因此,我绝对赞成刺激经济中富有活力的财富创造部门。

It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

我们亨通的时候,给困苦人提供意见是容易的。