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The Buddhist monk said to the boy's father, You should leave your son alone here. I'll make him into a real man within three months. However, you can't come to see him during this period. 一位父亲为儿子担心。儿子16岁了，却没有一点勇气。于...

Nothing succeeds lacks confidence.When you are truly confident,it radiates from you like sunlight,and attracts success to you like a magnet. 信心成就一切，当你真正自信时，它就像灿烂的阳光一样从你身上散发出来，就像磁铁一样将成功吸引到你身上...

The 92-year-old,petite,well-poised and proud lady,who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock,with her hair fashionably coifed and makeup perfectly applied,even though she was legally blind,moved to a nursing home today. 这位92岁高...

We're like the cream. When the cream rises to the top, it separates itself from the milk. Perhaps that is what the New Age Movement is really all about. We find ourselves lonely at the top. Yes, it is. 我们就像奶油。当奶油浮到顶部的时候，...

To Realize The Valu e Of One Year, Ask A Student Who Has Fa iled His Final Exam. 想知道一整年的价值，就去问留级的学生。 To Realize Th e Value Of One Month, Ask A Mother Who Has Given Birth To A Premature Baby. 想知道一个月的价值，就去问曾...

One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Frid...

Everything happens for the best, my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. If you carry on, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment. 每当我遇到挫折...

In 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened America, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the midst of utter devastation and chaos, a father left his wife safely at home and rushed to the school where his son was suppose...

People need homes: children assume their parents' place as home; boarders call school home on weekdays; married couples work together to build new homes; and travelers have no place to call home, at least for a few nights. 人人都需要家：小...

No young man believes he shall ever die. It was a saying of my brother's, and a fine one. There is a feeling of Eternity in youth, which makes us amend for everything. To be young is to be as one of the Immortal Gods. One half of time inde...

One day， a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house. 一天，一个贫穷的小男孩为了攒够学费正挨家...

A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration. 人和他的女朋友结婚，举行了一场盛大的结婚庆典。 All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony and to partake of the festivities and celebrations. All had a...

Now we discuss how to smile facing the life, I always stick to their principles, the road of life is long, always wrong steps, wrong, I smile to face, the next to come on the line. 现在我们探讨下如何以微笑面对生活，我始终坚持自己的原则，人...

The sun has begun to set and I hang up the smile I've worn all day, though I will make sure it is the first thing I put back on in the morning just in case it is that day. I want her to see me at my very best. 太阳将要下山，我收起挂了一天...

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. ~Henry David Thoreau 迷失自我，才能发现自我。亨利大卫梭罗（美国作家及自然主义者） Everything about my future was ambiguously assumed. I would get into debt by going to college, the...