"做他自己,并不要为此羞愧。让他一直记得,对别人喜欢的东西不感兴趣或喜欢别人不感兴趣的东西都不是罪孽。让他私下里问问自己会使他自由地发挥自己的天性,因为正是对天性本能的逐渐压抑才让他变得像现在这样萎靡。 Let him be himself. And let him be himself without shame. Let him ever remember that it is not a sin to be bored by what interests others, or to be interested in what bores others. Let him in this pr"
"Self-knowledge is difficult because it demands intellextual honesty. It demands that one shall not blink the facts, that one shall not hide one's head in the sand, and that one shall not be afraid of anything that one may happen to see in looking around. It is rare because it demands that one shall "
"You married Mrs. Omicron doubtless because she was "suitable," but her "suitability," for you, consisted in the way she breathed, the way she crossed a room, a transient gesture, a vibration in her voice, a blush, a glance, the curve of an arm — nothing,nothing — and yet everything!"