The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

  • -- Thomas Merton 托马斯·默顿

爱的开始是让我们所爱的人成为完美的自己,而不是扭曲他们以符合我们自己的形象。否则,我们只爱自己在他们身上的反映。

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Now to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. Such rules and laws are deduced from the accomplished fact; they are the products of reflection.

现在,在照相之前先研究构图的规则,有点像在散步之前先研究万有引力定律。这些规则和规律是从既成事实中推导出来的;它们是反思的产物。

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.

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。

My goal is for Gunnar to outlive me. That's the way it should be. My dream is for him to be a dad himself one day, so he can find out all the anxiety that kids bring to their dads.

我的目标是让贡纳尔活得比我长。应该是这样的。我的梦想是有一天他自己成为一名父亲,这样他就能发现孩子们给他们的父亲带来的所有焦虑。

Yet there's a hunger in me still. I'm like only beginning. I feel like I still have so much to learn.

但我内心仍然有一种渴望。我才刚刚开始。我觉得我还有很多东西要学。

You're not allowed to be an eccentric in the world, you have to fit it.

在这个世界上,你不可以成为一个怪人,你必须适应它。

I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own.

我过去以卖家具为生。问题是,这是我自己的。

I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.

我喜欢保持健康,但是我从来不举重。

There's more to life than finding the good economy.

生活不仅仅是找到好的经济。

You are a prisoner of your own mind.

你是自己思想的囚徒。

Winning starts with beginning.

胜利始于开始。