It is a principle of our nature that feelings once excited turn readily from the object by which they are excited to some other object which may for the time being take possession of the mind.

  • -- Matthew Simpson 马太·辛普生

我们本性的一个原则是,感情一旦受到刺激,就很容易从它所激发的对象转向另一个可能暂时占据我们头脑的对象。

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My father kept me busy from dawn to dusk when I was a kid. When I wasn't pitching hay, hauling corn or running a tractor, I was heaving a baseball into his mitt behind the barn... If all the parents in the country followed his rule, juvenile delinquency would be cut in half in a year's time.

我小的时候,父亲让我从早到晚忙个不停。当我不投干草,不拖玉米,也不开拖拉机的时候,我就在谷仓后面把棒球塞进他的手套里……如果全国所有的父母都遵循他的统治,一年之内青少年犯罪将减少一半。

If people could understand how much pleasure they could have by themselves, I think everyone would be a lot saner. I think that people really need a dose of quality time with one's self.

如果人们能够理解他们自己能得到多少快乐,我想每个人都会变得更加理智。我认为人们真的需要一段有质量的独处时间。