Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. 拥有益友.良书和一颗宁静的内心:这就是理想的生活. From Mark Twain. An ideal day comes in a variety of ways. Today is one of the odd ones, it is cool and comfortable. In the morning I went to the hosp…

Summertime is always the best of what might be. 万物最美的一面,总在夏季展现. From Charles Bowden. It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside. It was a song, it was a season. And I wondered if that sea…

You cannot change the circumstances but you can change yourself. 既然改变不了环境,那就改变自己. From Jim Rohn. Recently I am getting more and more dissatisfied with the allocation of resources in my department. It seems there are huge differences about the goals o…

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. 成功,就是即使经历过一个又一个的失败,都没有失去热情. What is enthusiasm? A simple explanation for the word would be to have a keen interest. It means that we have demonstrated an eagerness a…

If at first you don't succeed, then dust yourself off and try again. 失败了没关系,重振旗鼓,从头再来. From Aaliyah, 'Try Again'. If at first you don't succeed, just try and try again. If you are not willing to give up, you are running about the average. Do not lose…

Life is too short to miss out anything; try to take it slowly. 生命短暂,放慢脚步,别错过任何沿途的风景. From Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Just because life is too short, just because I don't intend to miss anything, I have to increase my pace, otherwise I would be left fu…

Just be yourself because you are unique and you will shine. 每个人都是独一无二的,做好你自己,你也能够光芒四射. From What a Gril Wants. Why are we trying so hard to fit in when we were born to stand out? We just want to be perfect, we just want to get enough affirmation from…

Love is the beauty of the soul. 爱是灵魂之美. From Saint Augustine. The complete version of this quote goes as following: Since love grows within you, so beauty grows, for love is the beauty of the soul. It may be not about romantic love, in my mind, it is…

There is no friend as loyal as a book. 好书如挚友,情谊永不渝. From Ernest Miller Hemingway. Books are my friends, my companions, they make me laugh, cry, and find the unique meaning in my life. Life is not easy to live without friends. When it comes to books,…

Half is worse than none at all. 一知半解比一无所知更痛苦. From Westworld. If we go looking for the truth, get the whole thing, for half is worse than none at all. How to understand it? If half is really worse than none at all, how about stopping pursuing things…