In all one's lifetime it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with. But it is precisely oneself that one has the least understanding of. 人生在世，和自己相处最多，打交道最多，但是往往悟不透自己。...
Sixteen years ago I learned an important life lesson, in the back of a New York City taxi cab. 16年前我学到了人生中重要一课，那是在纽约市的出租车后座上。 I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station. We we...
A cobbler passed his time in singing from morning till night;it was wonderful to see,wonderful to hear him;he was more contented in shoes,than was any of the seven sages. 一个皮匠从早到晚在唱歌中度过。无论见到他本人或听见他的...
Human growth is a process of experimentation, trial, and error ultimately leading to wisdom. 人类的成长是一个经历,试验和最终失败而引向智慧的过程。 Each time you choose to trust yourself and take action, you can never quite b...
A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street， going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. 一位年轻的总裁，...
Two friends and I moved into a house off campus when I was a junior at Iowa State University. 在爱荷华州大学读大三时，我和两个朋友从宿舍搬出来，租了一间房子。 We were all a bit afraid of our landlord, a gruff middle ag...
A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her ,She did not know she was going to make it and wantde to give up. 女儿向父亲抱怨她的生活，她觉得凡事都很艰难，不知该怎样面对，想放弃...
One of my patients, a successful businessman, tells me that before his cancer he would become depressed unless things went a certain way. Happiness was having the cookie. If you had the cookie, things were good. 我有一位病人，他是一个成功的...
Being told I would be expected to talk here, I inquired what sort of talk I ought to make. They said it should be something suitable to youth-something didactic, instructive, or something in the nature of good advice. 获悉人们希望我在这里讲几...
How wonderful are islands! Islands in space, like this one I have come to, ringed about by miles of water, linked by on bridges, no cables, no telephones. 岛屿是多么奇妙啊！它处在一望无际之中，四周海水围绕， 没有桥梁相通...
Years of storms had taken their toll on the old windmill. Its wheel, rusted and fallen, lay silent in the lush bluegrass. Its once animated silhouette was now a tall motionless steeple in the twilight sun. 多年的风雨毁坏了古老的风车。车轮...
Life is good, really good. Sometimes I feel like the good karma train picked me up, and simply refuses to let me off. 生活不错，很不错。有时我觉得仿佛坐上了一列善有善报 的列车，想下车都不行。 I have an amazing wife...
Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, Mother, you must come see the daffodils before they are over. I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead. 好几次了,我女儿打电话来说：妈妈，你务必得在那...
Once there lived a king of great strength and wealth.Yet he was not happy. 从前有一位国王，很有权力和财富，然而他并不快乐。 He told his servants to find him things to make him happy,but each came back saying 他告诉仆人去找...
When I was 11, I found out I had a brain tumor. I had surgery to remove it, but the size and location of the tumor caused my optic nerve to atrophy. For three years afterward, I had partial sight, but my ophthalmologist told me that eventually I woul...
