I'd love pretty hats and things, but I mustn't mortgage the future to pay for them.
我喜欢漂亮的帽子和衣物，但我不能为此而抵押将来。
I think that the most necessary quality for any person to have is imagination. It makes people able to put themselves in other people's places. It makes them kind and sympathetic and understanding. It ought to be cultivated in children.
我认为人最要的秉性是富有想象力。唯有这样人们才能设身处地为别人着想，才能善良，富有同情心，而且体谅理解别人。这种秉性应该在孩提时代就加以培养。
I think that every one, no matter how many troubles he may have when he grows up, ought to have a happy childhood to look back upon. And if I ever have any children of my own, no matter how unhappy I may be, I am not going to let them have any cares until they grow up.
我认为不管人们长大后会遇到什么麻烦，人人都应有一个幸福的童年可以回忆。如果我将来有孩子的话，不管我自己怎样不幸，我都要让他们无忧无虑。
Isn't this a nice thought from Stevenson?
The world is so full of a number of things,
I am sure we should all be as happy as kings.
It's ture, you know. The world is full of happiness, and plenty to go around, if you are only willing to take the kind that comes your way. The whole secret is in being pliable. In the country, especially, there are such a lot of entertaining things. I can walk over everybody's land, and look at everybody's view, and daddle in everybody's brook; and enjoy it just as much as though I owned the land--and with no taxes to pay!
史蒂文森这个看法不错吧？
世间不寂寞，好事多多，
我们像君王，快快活活。
真的，世间充满欢乐，只要随遇而安，人人都能享受。秘诀在于适应性。乡村里，爽心悦目的事尤其多。我可以自由自在地漫步在他人的田地之上，尽情观赏景致，随意在他人的小溪里戏水，好像这一切都属于我。不但属于我，还不用出钱付税。
It isn't the great big pleasure that count the most; it's making a great deal out of the little ones--I've discovered the true secret of happiness, Daddy, and that is to live in the now. Not to be forever regretting the past, or anticipating the future; but to get the most that you can out of this very instant. It's like farming. You can have extensive farming and intensive farming; well, I am going to have intensive living after this. I am going to enjoy every second, and I'm going to know I'm enjoying it while I'm enjoying it. Most people don't live; they just race. They are trying to reach some goal far away on the horizon, and in the heat of the going they get so breathless and panting that they lose all sight of the beautiful, tranquil country they are passing thtough; and then the first thing they know, they are old and worn out, and it doesn't make any difference whether they've reached the goal or not. I've decided to sit down by the way and pile up a lot of little happinesses, even if I never become a Great Author. Did you ever know such a philosopheress as I am developing into?
值得重视的倒不是那些生活中的大欢乐，而是一些小小不言的高兴事。我发现了快乐的奥秘，那就是生活在现在。不要沉浸在过去的懊悔中，或期翼着未来，要尽情享受现在。比如种田，有粗放耕种和精耕细作之分。今后，我要精细地生活，享受每一秒钟，而且在享受的时候清楚地意识到自己正在享受。很多人不是在生活，而是在赛跑。他们试图达到遥远的地平线上的某个目标。在拼命的奔跑中，他们上气不接下气，根本无暇顾及他们经过的美丽宁静的景致。忽然有一天发现自己老了，疲惫了，而达到目标也罢，没达到也罢，都是一回事。我打算沿途小憩，一次次积累小小的兴趣，即使永远不能成为伟大的作家也无妨。你见过我这样的哲学家吗
I believe absolutely in my own free will and my own power to accomplish and that is the belief that moves mountains.
Whatever sky’s above me, I’ve a heart for any fate.
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