“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.”
「選一個想法，讓它成為你的生命 – 想它、夢見它、使它成為生活；讓你的大腦、肌肉、神經、身體的每個部分，充斥著那個想法，然後不要有其它想法，這是成功的方式。」– 斯瓦米·維韋卡南達 (哲學家)
“God has entrusted me with myself. No man is free who is not master of himself. A man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.”
「上天把我的命運託付給我自己，不能掌控自己的人就沒有自由。一個人的快樂取決於外在因素愈少愈好，當他知道自己該往那走時，地球隨之彎轉讓他通行。」– 愛比克泰德 (哲學家)
“We lift ourselves by our thought. We climb upon our vision of ourselves. If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself. Hold the ideal of yourself as you long to be, always everywhere.”
「我們透過想法提升自己，我們是透過自己的願景向上攀爬。若你想擴大你的人生，你必須先擴大你對人生及自己的想法。在任何時候及任何地方，將你想成為的理想中的你放在心裡。」– 奧里森‧馬登 (作家)
“Every thought creates form on some level and all that our physical experience is – is a reflection of our thoughts.”
「每個想法都在某種程度上創造了形體，我們所有的外在經驗都是 – 我們思維的反映。」– 瑪麗安娜‧威廉森 (作家及心靈活動家)
“The man who believes he can do it is probably right, and so is the man who believes he can’t.”
「相信自己做得到的人很可能是對的，相信自己做不到的人也是如此。」– 勞倫斯‧彼得 (哲學家)
“When you expect things to happen – strangely enough – they do happen.”
「當你預期一件事發生 – 奇怪的是 – 它就會發生。」– 約翰‧皮爾龐特‧摩根 (銀行家)
“There is a basic law that like attracts like. Negative thinking definitely attracts negative results. Conversely, if a person habitually thinks optimistically and hopefully, his positive thinking sets in motion creative forces. And success, instead of eluding him, flows toward him.”
「類似的東西互相吸引是一基本法則，負面思考必定吸引負面結果，相反的，如果一個人習慣樂觀並充滿希望地思考，他正面的思維將啟動創造性力量，成功將朝他移動，而不是躲避他。」– 諾曼‧文森特‧皮爾 (牧師)
