in this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it. (george bernad shaw, british dramastist)

　　对于害怕危险的人，这个世界上总是 危险的。(英国剧作家 肖伯纳 g)

　　it is not true suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. (william somerset maugham, british novelist)

　　说苦难能使人格得到升华，这是不确切的;幸福有时倒能做到这一点，而苦难常会使人心胸狭窄，产生复仇的心理。(英国小说家 毛姆 w s)

　　There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

　　崇高与荒谬仅一步之遥。—Napoleon

　　What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

　　名称有什么关系呢?玫瑰不叫玫瑰，依然芳香如故。—Shakespeare

　　Growing old is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

　　越来越老并不可怕，可怕的是让人觉得越来越老。—Kenny Rogers

　　Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

　　生活中没有可怕的东西，只有应去了解的东西。—Marie Curie

　　Scientific knowledge aims at being wholly impersonal.

　　科学知识要求完全不受个人感情的影响。 —Bertrand Russell

　　Nature never deceives us; it is always us who deceive ourselves.

　　大自然永远不会欺骗我们，欺骗我们的往往是我们自己。—Rousseau

　　Truth is beautiful. Withoutdoubt; and so are lies.

　　真理是美的;毫无疑问，谎言也是如此。 —Emerson.

　　Death…is no more than passing from one room into another.

　　死亡只不过是从一个房间进入另一个房间。—Helen Keller

　　That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.

　　科学的本质是：问一个不恰当的问题，于是走上了通往恰当答案的路。—Jacob Bronowski

　　let us suggest to the person in crisis that he cease concentrating so upon the dangers involved and the difficultie，and concentrate instead upon the opptunity---for there is always opportunity in crisis. (seebohm caroline, british physician)

　　让我们建议处在危机之中的人：不要把精力如此集中地放在所涉入的危险和困难上，相反而要集中在机会上——因为危机中总是存在着机会。(英国医生 卡罗琳 s)

　　if you want to live your whole life free from pain

　　如果你想一生摆脱苦难

　　you must become either a god or else a coupes

　　你就得是神或者是死尸