各种各样的蠢事，在每一天阅读好书的作用下，仿佛烤在火上的纸一样渐渐燃尽。 - 每日文摘

"You can never be overdressed or overeducated."

At that age， I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic. I'd calculate our gas mileage -- figure out useless statistics on things like grocery spending. I'd been hearing an ad campaign about smoking. I can't remember the details， but basically the ad said， every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes off of your life: I think it might have been two minutes per puff. At any rate， I decided to do the math for my grandmother. I estimated the number of cigarettes per days， estimated the number of puffs per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I'd come up with a reasonable number， I poked my head into the front of the car， tapped my grandmother on the shoulder， and proudly proclaimed， "At two minutes per puff， you've taken nine years off your life！"

在那样的年纪，我会找任何借口做些估测或者小算术。我会计算油耗还有杂货花销等鸡毛蒜皮的小事。我听过一个有关吸烟的广告。我记不得细节了，但是广告大意是说，每吸一口香烟会减少几分钟的寿命，大概是两分钟。无论如何，我决定为祖母做个算术。我估测了祖母每天要吸几支香烟，每支香烟要吸几口等等，然后心满意足地得出了一个合理的数字。接着，我捅了捅坐在前面的祖母的头，又拍了拍她的肩膀，然后骄傲地宣称，"每天吸两分钟的烟，你就少活九年！"

杰夫·贝索斯

人争闲气一场空。

谚语

你永远得不到你想要的，因为没有什么是你真正想要的，你内心无法填满的缺憾、不满足感，不是因为你还没有得到，而是因为你还在轮回中。

希阿荣博堪布

斯人已矣，活着的人只要过得好，死者就能安心，倒也不必如此执着。

藤萍

有明确身份认同的人知道他们是谁以及他们代表什么。他们有强烈的自我意识，不容易被他人左右。

People with a clear sense of identity know who they are and what they stand for. They have a strong sense of self and are not easily swayed by others.