正确来说，应该减少我们负担不起的欲求，让能力和欲求之间得到平衡。当所有能力都派得上用场时，心灵才得到平静，我们的生活才能井井有条。

The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear, others are slowly being devoured from within by rasping parasites, thousands of all kinds are dying of starvation, thirst, and disease.

自然界中每年的痛苦总量超出了所有体面的思考。在我写这句话的一分钟内，成千上万的动物被活生生地吃掉，许多其他动物在逃命，因恐惧而呜咽，其他动物则被寄生虫从内部慢慢吞噬，成千上万的动物因饥饿、口渴和疾病而死亡。

理查德·道金斯

嫁女择佳婿，毋索重聘；娶媳求淑女，勿计厚奩。

朱熹

所谓长大，就是你知道那是什幺事；所谓成熟，就是你知道后故意说不知道。

李敖

触摸你，就像触摸一片云，你总是在改变形状。

胡利奥·科塔萨尔

成为仆人的欲望已经深入我的骨髓、血液和皮肤。

The desire to be a servant had been bred into me: bone, blood, and skin.

阿拉文德·阿迪加

未来不是写在星星上的。没有保证。所以，认领你的成年。要有意图。开始工作。选择你的家庭。做数学题。创造你自己的确定性。不要被你不知道或没做的事情定义。你现在正在决定你的生活。

The future isn't written in the stars. There are no guarantees. So claim your adulthood. Be intentional. Get to work. Pick your family. Do the math. Make your own certainty. Don't be defined by what you didn't know or didn't do. You are deciding your life right now.