Tag Archives: 想法

Harriet Martineau (作家)

“A soul preoccupied with great ideas best performs small duties.”

– Harriet Martineau, Writer

「心繫偉大想法的人,把小事做的最好。」– 海麗葉特·馬蒂諾 (作家)

  • 海麗葉特·馬蒂諾 (1802-1876) 是英國作家及社會學家,以宗教、社會、國家及女權主義等觀點撰寫論文,且著有多本書籍,得到維多利亞女王的賞識,是少數能靠寫作維生的女性作家。

James Allen (作家)

“You are today where your thoughts have brought you: you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.”

— James Allen, Author

「你的思維把你帶到今天的位置,你的明天也將取決於今天的思維。」– 詹姆士‧艾倫 (作家)

  • 詹姆士‧艾倫 (1864-1912) 是英國籍的勵志作家,最有名的作品《人如其所思》(As a Man Thinketh) 自 1903 年已發行無數,為許多 20 及 21 世紀心靈勵志作家提供啟蒙。

Susan Taylor (雜誌編輯)

“Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your own thinking.”

— Susan Taylor, Editor-in-Chief

「想法有力量,想法是能量,而你自己的想法即可改變或毀掉你的世界。」– 蘇珊‧泰勒 (雜誌編輯)

  • 蘇珊‧泰勒 (1946- ) 是美國編輯、作家及記者,在 1981 至 2000 年間擔任 Essence 雜誌的總編輯,美國圖書館協會將其譽為「新聞界最有影響力的黑人女性。」

Henry James (作家)

“Ideas are, in truth, force.”

— Henry James, Writer

「想法,其實就是力量。」– 亨利·詹姆斯 (作家)

  • 亨利·詹姆斯 (1843-1916) 為出生美國的英國作家,是 19 世紀「寫實主義文學」的代表人物,他一生著作豐富,包含小說、劇本、評論、傳記、旅遊文學等,他曾 3 度被提名諾貝爾文學獎。

Gillian Anderson (女演員)

“I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that in every new minute that passes you have an opportunity to change that.”

— Gillian Anderson, Actress

「我希望每個看到這裡的人都過得很愉快,如果你沒有,只要記住所過的每一分你都有機會改變它。」– 吉蓮‧安德森 (女演員)

  • 吉蓮‧安德森 (1968- ) 是美國演員,曾獲得艾美獎及金球獎,為著名於電視影集《X檔案》中的女主角黛娜·史考利,她另外也在電視影集《雙面人魔》及《墮落》裡演出。

William James (心理學家)

“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”

— William James, Psychologist

「對抗壓力最強大的武器,是我們選擇想法的能力。」–威廉‧詹姆斯 (心理學家)

  • stress (v.) 壓力,緊張。thought (n.) 想法,思維。choose something  over another 選擇某事物而放棄另一個。例:What is your main reason for choosing this school over another? (你選擇這學校而非另一個的主要原因為何?)
  • 威廉‧詹姆斯 (1842-1910) 是美國早期的心理學家及哲學家,美國第一位提供心理學課程的教育者,著有一系列的心理學著作,包括教育、宗教心理學。

George Bernard Shaw (劇作家)

“What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts.”

— George Bernard Shaw, Playwright

「確定一個人所相信的事,不是透過他的教條得知,而是他慣於依據的意識型態。」– 蕭伯納 (劇作家)

  • ascertain (v.) 弄清,查明。例:The government conducted a test to ascertain air pollution levels. (政府進行一個確定空污程度的測試。) creed (n.) 信條,教條。例:a religious creed (宗教信條)。assumption (n.) 假定,假設。例:We made the decision based on the assumption that housing prices would drop. (我們是以房價會跌的假設而做此決定。) habitually (adv.) 習慣性地。act on… 按照…而行動。例:Mary is acting on the advice of her attorney. (瑪莉依她律師的建議而行動。) 最後一句可看做是 “assumptions which he habitually acts on.”
  • 喬治‧蕭伯納 (1856-1950) 是愛爾蘭人,他在 1925 年獲得諾貝爾文學獎,他的作品《賣花女》在 1935 改拍為電影並獲得奧斯卡最佳劇本獎。他也是倫敦大學的倫敦經濟學院 (London School of Economics) 創辦人之一。

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