In a calm sea every man is a pilot.
But all sunshine without shade, all pleasure without pain, is not life at all. Take the lot of the happiest—it is a tangled yarn（纱线）. Bereavements and blessings, one following anther, make us sad and blessed by turns. Even death itself makes life more loving. Men come closest to their true selves in the sober moments of life, under the shadows of sorrow and loss.
In the affairs of life or of business, it is not intellect that tells so much as character, not brains so much as heart, not genius so much as self-control, patience, and discipline, regulated by judgment.
I have always believe that the man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without. In an age of extravagance and waste（铺张浪费）, I wish I could show to the world how few the real wants of humanity are.
To regret one's errors to the point of not repeating them is true repentance（悔改）. There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
相关单词：tangled
tangled解释：adj. 纠缠的，紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词
tangled例句：
Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了，我梳不动。
A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。
相关单词：yarn
yarn解释：n.纱，纱线，纺线；奇闻漫谈，旅行轶事
yarn例句：
I stopped to have a yarn with him.我停下来跟他聊天。
The basic structural unit of yarn is the fiber.纤维是纱的基本结构单元。
相关单词：blessings
blessings解释：n.（上帝的）祝福( blessing的名词复数 )；好事；福分；因祸得福
blessings例句：
Afflictions are sometimes blessings in disguise. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。 来自《简明英汉词典》
We don't rely on blessings from Heaven. 我们不靠老天保佑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
相关单词：judgment
judgment解释：n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见
judgment例句：
The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
相关单词：repentance
repentance解释：n.懊悔
repentance例句：
He shows no repentance for what he has done.他对他的所作所为一点也不懊悔。
Christ is inviting sinners to repentance.基督正在敦请有罪的人悔悟。
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