The human mind is not just a passive recorder of reality but an active constructor of it.
The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have.
欣赏和喜欢你拥有的东西，而不是你没有的东西，你才能快乐。
我们都在阴沟里，但仍有人仰望星空。
热闹的场合可以锻炼心境，安静可以养心，坐时可以守心，行动时可以考验心灵，言时省心，动时制心。
一次不公的司法判决比多次不法的行为为祸尤烈。不法行为弄脏的不过是水流，而不公的判决则将水源污染了。
Stories you read when you're the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called. Sometimes you'll forget precisely what happened, but if a story touches you it will stay with you, haunting the places in your mind that you rarely ever visit.