The Colors of the Rainbow
Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel: all claimed that they were the most important, the most useful, the favorite.Green said: "Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope. I was chosen for the
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Build up our mind
You've been working out regularly for quite a while, but you're nowhere near your fitness goals. So now it's time to bring in your ultimate weapon your mind.Rather than thinking of fitness as something mysterious that you do with your body,
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Self-Discipline
It isn't possible to achieve self-discipline without making some progress on those other principles; self discipline requries self-knowledge and an accurate assesssment of your current abilities. Likewise, the other principles can't really
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I like the subtle feeling
I like the subtle fresh green budding from the branches of the tree -- the herald（先驱） of spring, ushering in（领进） the dawn...I like the subtle flow of cloud that makes the sky seem even more vast, azure（蔚蓝的） and immense...I like
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The Joy of Living
Joy in living comes from having fine emotions, trusting them, giving them the freedom of a bird in the open. Joy in living can never be assumed as a pose, or put on from the outside a mask. People who have this joy don’t need to talk about
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Spring Thaw 春天的融化
Every April I am beset by（困扰） the same concern-that spring might not occur this year. The landscape looks forsaken（被抛弃的） , with hills, sky and forest forming a single gray meld, like the wash an artist paints on a canvas（帆布） b
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Suffering is Self-Manufactured 痛苦源于自身
I believe the immediate purpose of life is to live - to survive. All known forms of life go through life cycles. The basic plan is: birth - maturing - mating - reproducing - death.Thus the immediate purpose of human life is for each individ
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The Road to Happiness
It is a commonplace among moralists that you cannot get happiness by pursuing it. This is only true if you pursue it unwisely. Gamblers at Monte Carlo are pursuing money, and most of them lose it instead, but there are other ways of pursuin
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Reading
Studies serve for delight, for ornament（装饰，修饰） , and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition（处置） of business. Fo
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Starting Point
"We are reading the first verse（诗篇） of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite…"I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can tak
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Find Thyself
The only problem unconsciously（无意识地） assumed by all Chinese philosophers to be of any importance is: How shall we enjoy life, and who can best enjoy life? No perfectionism（至善论） , no straining after the unattainable, no postulatin
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Everything happens for the best
"Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. "If you can carry on, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment
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Youth is a state of mind
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple（柔软的） knees. It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep spr
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The restrained freedom
One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds darting（突进，猛冲） and dancing. As the strong winds gust
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April Showers Bring May Flowers
From the golden-tipped fields of mid-west America to the ancient kingdoms of verdant（青翠的） Palestine, there is a happy truth to be shared with all who would take heed. In more recent times, this truth has been expressed as: April shower
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父亲最后的拥抱 In praise of hugs
I grew up bereft（被剥夺的，缺少的） of hugs. Neither of my parents was the cuddly type. Greetings involving kissing caused me to wince, and hugging generally just made me feel awkward.Then one hug changed all that. One month before my 40
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Try to Remember the Good Things
When times become difficult (and you know they sometimes will), remember a moment in your life that was filled with joy and happiness. Remember how it made you feel, and you will have the strength you need to get through any trial.When life
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Put the goal in your heart
When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog. Her body was numb. She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours.Already she was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions. Now, at age 34,
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Today I begin a new life 2
As a child I was slave to my impulses; now I am slave to my habits, as are all grown men. I have surrendered my free will to the years of accumulated habits and the past deeds of my life have already marked out a path which threatens to imp
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Today I begin a new life 1
Today I begin a new life.Today I shed my old skin, which has too long suffered the bruises（擦伤） of failure and the wounds of mediocrity（平庸） .Today I am born anew and my birthplace is a vineyard where there is fruit for all.Today I wi
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