“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.”
「选一个想法，让它成为你的生命 – 想它、梦见它、使它成为生活；让你的大脑、肌肉、神经、身体的每个部分，充斥着那个想法，然后不要有其它想法，这是成功的方式。」– 斯瓦米·维韦卡南达 (哲学家)
“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.”
「上天把我的命运托付给我自己，不能掌控自己的人就没有自由。一个人的快乐取决于外在因素愈少愈好，当他知道自己该往那走时，地球随之弯转让他通行。」– 爱比克泰德 (哲学家)
“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.”
「我们透过想法提升自己，我们是透过自己的愿景向上攀爬。若你想扩大你的人生，你必须先扩大你对人生及自己的想法。在任何时候及任何地方，将你想成为的理想中的你放在心里。」– 奥里森‧马登 (作家)
“Every thought creates form on some level and all that our physical experience is – is a reflection of our thoughts.”
「每个想法都在某种程度上创造了形体，我们所有的外在经验都是 – 我们思维的反映。」– 玛丽安娜‧威廉森 (作家及心灵活动家)
“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对的，相信自己做不到的人也是如此。」– 劳伦斯‧彼得 (哲学家)
“When you expect things to happen – strangely enough – they do happen.”
「当你预期一件事发生 – 奇怪的是 – 它就会发生。」– 约翰‧皮尔庞特‧摩根 (银行家)
“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.”
「类似的东西互相吸引是一基本法则，负面思考必定吸引负面结果，相反的，如果一个人习惯乐观并充满希望地思考，他正面的思维将启动创造性力量，成功将朝他移动，而不是躲避他。」– 诺曼‧文森特‧皮尔 (牧师)
