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'Waterloo', with the same fixed details, spells a 'victory' for an Englishman; for a Frenchman it spells 'defeat'.
同一个滑铁卢之战，具体情节绝无二致，而英国人看来是“胜利”；法国人看来是“失败”
So, for an optimist philosopher the universe spells victory, for a pessimist, defeat.
同样，宇宙也如此，乐观主义者看作是胜利，悲观主义者看作是失败
What we say about reality thus depends on the perspective into which we throw it."
我们对现实抱有怎样说法全看我们怎么给他配景"
William James said these back in 1890, understanding how we co-create our reality.
这是威廉·詹姆斯在1890年说的，理解我们如何共同创造现实
Here is one of my... one of my favorite poems by R.L. Sharpe:
这是我最喜欢的夏普的诗
Isn't it strange, how princes and kings, and clowns that caper in sawdust rings,
“是不是很奇怪，王子和国王，在木屑圈里跳来跳去的小丑
and common-people like you and me, are builders for eternity?
一如你我的凡人怎么会是永恒的打造者

each is given a list of rules, a shapeless mass and a bag of tools;
人人都拿到了一份规则表，一大块不成形的东西，一袋工具
and each must fashion your life is flown, a stumbling block or a stepping stone.
在生命流逝之前，人人都必须雕出，一块绊脚石，或是一块垫脚石“
Very often what we get in the beginning is a large piece of stone. What do we do with it?
经常我们在开始得到的东西。是一大块石头，我们怎么办?
Do we create it into a beautiful "David"?
我们把它凿成漂亮的“大卫”
Chipping away the excess stone?
凿碎多余的石头
Or, is it a barrier to our success?
或者它只是我们通往成功的障碍
And very often it is up to us, as we co-create our reality.
通常这是由我们决定的，因为我们共创现实
The stone is there, we are not responsible for it; but what we do with it, we are responsible for.
石头就在那，我们不用负责；但我们用它做什么，我们要负责

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我们来到这个世上，到底追求什么才是最重要的？他坚定地认为：幸福感是衡量人生的唯一标准，是所有目标的最终目标。塔尔博士在哈佛学生中享有很高的声誉，受到学生们的爱戴与敬仰，被誉为"最受欢迎讲师"和"人生导师"。