Quotes

Man is neither angel nor beast, and unhappily whoever wants to act the angel, acts the beast.

—Blaise Pascal, French thinker

人一半是天使，一半是魔鬼，他越是想扮演天使的角色，他就越像魔鬼。

——法国思想家布莱士·帕斯卡

Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue.

—Eugene O'Neil, founder of modern American drama

我们生而破碎，用活着来修修补补。

——美国民族戏剧奠基人尤金·奥尼尔

Conquering adversity is not about surpassing others, but about seeing the true face of life,for life cannot mask itself within adversity, but reveals its true dimensions therein.

—Fu Peirong, philosopher

吃苦不是为了胜过别人，而是为了迎向生命的真实面貌。因为在苦难中，生命没有任何遮蔽，可以展示其深度、广度与高度。

——哲学家傅佩荣

There is no need to crowd people into your life. After all, if they can't get into your heart, you won't have a gang of ruffians in there ruffling your feathers.

—Mu Xin, author

不必把太多人请进生命里。若他们走进不了你内心，就只会把你的生命搅扰得拥挤不堪。

——作家木心

When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self.

—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet

要想做些事，让自己孤立是最好的方法。

——德国诗人约翰·沃尔夫冈·冯·歌德

When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. The desire for approbation is perhaps the most deeply seated instinct of civilized man.

—William Somerset Maugham, British writer

有人说他毫不在乎别人对他的看法，这多半是自欺欺人。事事要邀获别人批准，或许是文明人类最根深蒂固的一种天性。

——英国作家威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆