In a calm sea every man is a pilot.
But all sunshine without shade, all pleasure without pain, is not life at all. Pains and blessings, one following another, make us sad and blessed by turns.Even death itself makes life more loving.Men come closest to their true selves in the sober moments of life, under the shadows of sorrow and loss.
In the affairs of life or of business, it is not intellect that tells so much as character, not brains so much as heart, not genius so much as self-control, patience, and discipline, regulated by judgment.
I have always believed that the man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without. In an age of waste, I wish I could show to the world how few the real wants of humanity are.
To regret one's errors to the point of not repeating them is true regret. There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man.The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
-calm [kɑːm]adj.平静的；冷静的 v.（使）平静；（使）镇静 n.镇定；平静
典型例句
You should keep calm even in face of danger.
即使面临危险，你也应当保持镇静。
最常用法
keep calm 保持镇静
calm oneself 使自己镇定下来
calm down 平静下来
联想记忆
calmly adv.平静地；安静地；冷静地
peaceful adj.和平的
quiet adj.安静的
silet adj.无声的
still adj.不动的
rough adj.粗暴的
wild adj.狂野的
-follow [ˈfɒləʊ]v.跟随；遵循；明白
典型例句
Follow this road until you get to the corner, then turn left.
沿着这条路走到拐角处，然后向左转。
最常用法
follow sb.跟踪某人
as follows 列举如下
联想记忆
following adj.接着的；下列的
-loss [lɒs]n.遗失；丧失；损失
典型例句
But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their life.
但是当我们离开家人后，他们的余生将会在失落中度过。
最常用法
at a loss 不知所措
suffer from losses 遭受损失
联想记忆
lose vt.丢失；失败；迷失 vi.失败；经受损失
lost adj.迷路的；丢失的；错过的
-seriously [ˈsɪəriəsli]adv.严肃地；认真地；严重地
典型例句
He was seriously injured in the traffic accident.
他在车祸中受了重伤。
最常用法
take seriously 认真对待……
联想记忆
serious adj.严肃的；严重的；认真的
-without [wɪˈðaʊt]prep.没有；无；在外面 adv.在缺乏的情况下；在外面
典型例句
It is hard to sleep without a cooler in this room.
没有空调，在这间屋里很难入睡。
最常用法
go without 没有……也行……
联想记忆
with prep.有
within prep.在……里面 adv.在里面；内心 n.内部
在风平浪静的大海上，每个人都是领航员。
但只有阳光没有阴影，只有快乐没有痛苦，根本不是真正的生活。痛苦与幸福交替出现，使得我们一会悲伤一会高兴。甚至死亡本身都使得生命更加可爱。在人生清醒的时刻，在悲伤与失落的阴影之下，人们与真实的自我最为接近。
在生活和事业的种种事务之中，性格比才智更能指导我们，心灵比头脑更能引导我们，而由判断获得的克制、耐心和教养比天分更能让我们受益。
我一向认为，内心生活开始更为严谨的人，他的外在生活也会变得更为简朴。在物欲横流的年代，但愿我能向世人表明：人类的真正需求少得多么可怜。
反思自己的过错不至于重蹈覆辙才是真正的悔悟。高人一等并没有什么值得夸耀的。真正的高贵是优于过去的自已。