“There are three things extremely hard, Steel, a Diamond, and to know one’s self.” —Benjamin Franklin
P33 “有三样东西是极其坚硬的, 钢铁、钻石以及认识自己。”(注:hord又能译作困难) 本杰明·富兰克林
“NO TOPIC IS MORE INTERESTING TO PEOPLE THAN PEOPLE. FOR MOST PEOPLE, MOREOVER, THE MOST INTERESTING IS THE SELF.”—ROY F. BAUMEISTER, THE SELF IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 1999
P36 “对于人来讲再也没有比人更有趣的话题了。而且,对于多数人来说,最有趣的人正是他们自己。”——罗伊・鲍迈斯特,《社会心理学中的自我》1999
“MAKE NO COMPARISONS!”—KING CHARLES I, 1600–1649
P39 不要做任何比较！——查尔斯一世
“ONE NEEDS TO CULTI- VATE THE SPIRITS OF SAC- RIFICING THE LITTLE ME TO ACHIEVE THE BENEFITS OF THE BIG ME.”—CHINESE SAYING
P44 “一个人需要培养牺牲小我保全大我的精神。”中国谚语
“IN SOOTH, I KNOW NOT WHY I AM SO SAD.”—WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, 1596
P46 “其实,我并不知道我为什么如此伤心。”《威尼斯商人》,莎士比亚,1596
“WHEN A FEELING WAS THERE, THEY FELT AS IF IT WOULD NEVER GO; WHEN IT WAS GONE, THEY FELT AS IF IT HAD NEVER BEEN; WHEN IT RETURNED, THEY FELT AS IF IT HAD NEVER GONE.”—GEORGE MACDONALD, WHAT’S MINE’S MINE, 1886
P47 “当一种感觉存在的时候,他们感到它好像永远不会离开;当它离开了以后,他们感到它好像从未来过;当它再回来时,他们感到它好像从未离开。”苏格兰作家、演说家和诗人 George Macdonald, What's Mine's Mine. 1886
“WEEPING MAY TARRY FOR THE NIGHT, BUT JOY COMES WITH THE MORNING.”—PSALM 30:5
P48 “哭泣可能会持续整个夜晚,但是快乐会随早展而到来。——诗篇30:5
“SELF-CONTEMPLATION IS A CURSE THAT MAKES AN OLD CONFUSION WORSE.”—THEODORE ROETHKE, THE COLLECTED POEMS OF THEODORE ROETHKE, 1975
P49 “自我沉思只会让混乱对思绪变得更糟。”——美国诗人 Theodore Roethke, he Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke 1975
“AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, I’M SORRY TO SAY, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THIS: FORGET ABOUT SELF-ESTEEM AND CON- CENTRATE MORE ON SELF-CONTROL AND SELF- DISCIPLINE. RECENT WORK SUGGESTS THIS WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE INDI- VIDUAL AND GOOD FOR SOCIETY.”—ROY BAUMEISTER, 2005
P53
“ARGUE FOR YOUR LIMITATIONS, AND SURE ENOUGH THEY’RE YOURS.”—RICHARD BACH, ILLUSIONS: ADVENTURES OF A RELUCTANT MESSIAH, 1977
P59 “直面你的局限性吧,毫无疑问它们是属于你的。”一一作家 Richard Bach, illusions: Adrentures of a Reluctant Messiah, 1977
“VIEWS OF THE FUTURE ARE SO ROSY THAT THEY WOULD MAKE POLLYANNA BLUSH.”—SHELLEY E. TAYLOR, POSITIVE ILLUSIONS, 1989
P64 未来的前景如此光明,连波尔亚娜也要自愧不如。——Shelley E. Talor, Positive Illusion, 1989 译注:波尔亚娜是美国作家埃莉诺波特( Eleanor Porter)小说中女主角,一个极端乐观的人。
“O GOD, GIVE US GRACE TO ACCEPT WITH SEREN- ITY THE THINGS THAT CANNOT BE CHANGED, COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS WHICH SHOULD BE CHANGED, AND THE WISDOM TO DISTINGUISH THE ONE FROM THE OTHER.”—REINHOLD NIEBUHR, THE SERENITY PRAYER, 1943
P65 “主啊,请赐予我们宁静以坦对无奈,请赐予我们勇气以革除痼疾,请赐予我们智慧以明辨是非。”——Reinhold Niebuhr, The Serenity Prayer, 1943
“EVERYBODY SAYS I’M PLAS- TIC FROM HEAD TO TOE. CAN’T STAND NEXT TO A RADIATOR OR I’LL MELT. I HAD (BREAST) IMPLANTS, BUT SO HAS EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN L.A.”—ACTRESS PAMELA LEE ANDERSON (QUOTED BY TALBERT, 1997)
P67 “大家都说我浑身上下都是塑料做的。我不能离暖气太近,不然会化摔的。我使用(乳房)填克物,可洛杉矶的每个单身女子不都如此吗?”——( Talbert,197) 女员帕悔拉・李
“VICTORY FINDS A HUN- DRED FATHERS BUT DEFEAT IS AN ORPHAN.”—COUNT GALEAZZO CIANO, THE CIANO DIARIES, 1938
P69 “胜利总有上百个老爸,失败却是孤身一人。”意大利外长 Galeazzo Ciano 伯爵, The Ciano Diaries, 1938
“OTHER SINS ARE BEFORE OUR EYES; OUR OWN ARE BEHIND OUR BACK.”—SENECA, DE IRA, A.D. 43
P69 “別人的过错在我们眼前,我们的过错在自己背后。”Seneca, De lra. A.D. 43
“FALSE HUMILITY IS THE PRETENSE THAT ONE IS SMALL. TRUE HUMILITY IS THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF STANDING IN THE PRES- ENCE OF GREATNESS.”—JONATHAN SACKS, BRITAIN’S CHIEF RABBI, 2000
P70 “虚伪的谦逊是在假装渺小。真正的谦逊会意识到自己是站在一桩多么伟大的事业面前。”——Jonathan Sacks,英国犹太教首席拉比,2000
“IF YOU TRY TO FAIL, AND SUCCEED, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?”—ANONYMOUS
P71 如果你想要失败,而结果却成功了,那么你到底做了些什么? ——佚名
“PUBLIC OPINION IS ALWAYS MORE TYRANNI- CAL TOWARDS THOSE WHO OBVIOUSLY FEAR IT THAN TOWARDS THOSE WHO FEEL INDIFFERENT TO IT.”—BERTRAND RUSSELL, THE CONQUEST OF HAPPINESS, 1930
P73 “有的人对與论不置一顾;有的人则对之万分恐惧,因为对他们来说,與论总是一种独断专横的东西。”一一伯特兰・罗素,《幸福之路》,1930
“谦逊常常只是自负者的一种欲扬先护的把戏。”La Rochefoucauld Maxims 1665
“没有尝试,就不会失败;没有失败,就不会有羞耻感。”威廉・姆斯,《心理学原理》,1890
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