“If the present world goes astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.”
「如果生活不如所願,起因在你,從心裡找尋原因。」– 但丁·阿利吉耶里 (詩人)
- 但丁·阿利吉耶里 (1265-1321) 是義大利中世紀詩人,歐洲文藝復興時代的開拓人物,以史詩《神曲》留名後世,他是現代義大利語的墊基者,被稱為「文藝復興三巨星」之一。
“When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation, change the situation, or accept it. All else is madness.”
「當你抱怨時你讓自己成為受害者;離開那個環境、改變那個環境或接受它,其它行為都是愚昧的。」– 艾克哈特·托勒 (勵志作家)
“A person’s weakness and strength, purity and impurity, are his own, they’re not another person’s; they’re brought about by himself, and never by another; and they can only be altered by himself, and never by another.”
「一個人的缺點及優點,純潔與否,都是他自己的,不是別人的;它們是自己造成的,從來就不是別人,也只有自己可以改變它們,從來就不是別人。」– 詹姆士‧艾倫 (作家)
“You’ll never get ahead by blaming your problems on other people.”
「怪罪別人絕不會讓你獲得成功。」– 威利‧尼爾森 (歌手)
“Anytime you blame others and complain about your situation, you are choosing to be a victim. By playing the victim role you are putting yourself in an ineffective and weak position. It is virtually impossible to allow incredible miracles to enter your life when you choose to remain in this negative mental state.”
「每當你怪罪他人和抱怨現況時,你即是選擇當一個受害者。藉由扮演受害者,你把自己放在一個無效果及微弱的位置,當你停留在此種負面心態時,讓奇蹟進入你生活幾乎是不可能的。」– 索尼婭‧瑞克蒂 (勵志演說家)
“No one can really pull you up very high – you lose your grip on the rope. But on your own two feet you can climb mountains.”
「沒有人可以真的把你拉高 – 你無法抓緊繩子,但憑自己的雙腳,你可以爬萬重山。」– 路易斯‧布蘭戴斯 (美國最高法院大法官)