There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

  • -- Confucius 孔子

获得智慧有三种方法。第一种是反射,反射是最高的。第二个是限制,这是最简单的。第三是经验,这是最痛苦的。

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It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.

鉴于对一般人的任何程度的乐观和宽宏大量,对创造性思考或参与创作的人数设置时限是不可能的。

There's so many young women today who look so lost. And I feel like, of course they're lost. They have no one around them to give them real, authentic reflection.

现在有很多年轻女性看起来很迷茫。我觉得,他们当然是迷路了。他们身边没有人能给他们真实真实的反映。

The true mystery of the JFK assassination isn't 'How could the bullet go through two people with only slight damage?' but 'Why did the third bullet explode?'

肯尼迪遇刺案的真正谜团不在于“子弹怎么能穿过两个人而只造成轻微伤害?”但“为什么第三颗子弹爆炸了?”

My wife and my three kids and my grandchildren are my life, but my horses and my dogs are everything else.

我的妻子、三个孩子和孙子孙女是我的生命,但我的马和狗是我的一切。

As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two...

随着年龄的增长,会发生三件事。第一个是你的记忆消失了,另外两个我记不起来了……

I believe in second chances, but I don't believe in third or fourth chances.

我相信第二次机会,但我不相信第三次或第四次机会。

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

天真无邪的人在无端的赞扬中感到最苦涩的责备。