If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

如果一个人每天有一半的时间是为了爱他们而在树林里散步,那么他就有可能被认为是一个游手好闲的人。但如果他把自己的时间花在投机上,在她之前砍掉那些树木,让地球光秃秃的,他就被认为是一个勤奋进取的公民。

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We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it's timeless that we as humans are going to feel something for that and there's going to be a real appreciation.

我们人类是如此调谐,我们渴望伟大的旋律和伟大的歌词。如果有人写了一首很棒的歌,这是永恒的,作为人类,我们会感受到一些东西,会有一种真正的欣赏。

Simply seek happiness, and you are not likely to find it. Seek to create and love without regard to your happiness, and you will likely be happy much of the time.

简单地追求幸福,你不太可能找到它。不管你的幸福与否,努力去创造和爱吧,你很可能会在大部分时间里感到幸福。

People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made.

人们说钱不是幸福的钥匙,但我一直认为如果你有足够的钱,你可以做一把钥匙。

It is reasonable to love the absolute absolutely for the same reason it is reasonable to love the relative relatively.

绝对的爱是合理的,就像相对的爱是合理的一样。

And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, while the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.

地生植物,海摇波浪,哥伦比亚的子孙就永远不作奴仆。

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.

对于那些富有的人来说,没有什么比想象别人是如何陷入贫困更困难的了。

I was not put on this earth to listen to meat!

我不是为了吃肉才来到这个世界上的!

How small a thought it takes to fill a life.

一个多么小的想法就能填满一个人的一生。