Our capacity to draw happiness from aesthetic objects or material goods in fact seems critically dependent on our first satisfying a more important range of emotional or psychological needs, among them the need for understanding, for love, expression and respect.
无论是赏心悦目的事物,还是实实在在的东西,我们从中获取幸福的关键似乎取决于这样一个事实,那就是我们必须首先满足自己情感或心理上的一些更为重要的需求,诸如对理解、爱、宣泄和尊重的需求。《旅行的艺术》
The truth is that we are all capable of great evil, given the right circumstances.
It really matters whether people are working on generating clean energy or improving transportation or making the Internet work better and all those things. And small groups of people can have a really huge impact.
Forests teach us patience—growth takes time, but the rewards are everlasting.
The greatest art is that which makes the invisible visible.
一个阅读的孩子永远不会感到无聊。
在科学的道路上,失败是常态,但每一次失败都离成功更近了一步。
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Power is not given to you. You have to take it.