知乎上有个问题：现阶段的时代红利是什么？一个七千多赞的回答是这么说的：普通人可以以非常低的成本生存，换取从古至今都未曾有过的自由，可以自由选择生活方式，去任何地方，做任何事情。之所以还是红利，是因为大部分人还没意识到这一点，都在用生命日复一日地换取一些不需要的东西～ 这个时代，向下的门真的开着，这是时代给的信用，不领白不领。但信用不用来下注，就会被通胀吃掉。安全垫躺久了，人会长成床垫的形状。 把人生当实验的人，不是更勇敢。他们只是更诚实：承认自己不知道哪种活法对，所以留了检验的余地；承认「活得好」没有标准答案，所以拒绝把保单当答卷。 把人生当低保的人，也不是更懦弱。他们只是更早就停止了提问。

Every man’s life is a road toward himself. No one can fully become another person. We spend our whole life striving to be ourselves. Some people merely imitate others all their lives and live up to other people’s expectations. This road is full of confusion and pain, and we often grope in darkness. Yet all struggles are necessary. Only by passing through inner chaos can we find our own true nature. 《德米安》赫尔曼·黑塞 每个人的生命，都是一条通往自我的道路。没有人能完全成为别人，我们一生都在努力，成为自己。有的人一辈子只是模仿他人，活成别人期待的模样。这条路充满迷茫与痛苦，时常要在黑暗中摸索。但所有挣扎都是必要的，唯有穿过内心的混沌，我们才能找到属于自己的本真。

真正的发现之旅，不在于寻找新风景，而在于拥有新眼光。我们常常走遍世界，看过无数景色，内心却一成不变。改变认知的不是外界，而是我们看待世界的方式。同一件事物，心境不同，看见的内涵就完全不同。成长本质上，就是不断更新看待自我与世界的目光。 The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. We often travel across the world and see countless scenes, yet our inner minds never change. It is not the outside world that changes our understanding, but the way we view the world. The same thing will show completely different meanings when our state of mind shifts. Growth essentially means constantly renewing our vision of ourselves and the world.

真正的英雄主义，是在看清生活所有残酷真相之后，依然热爱生活。世界上有许多人一辈子浑浑噩噩，被痛苦压倒，就此沉沦。但还有少数人，承受苦难却不会被苦难磨灭内心的光。苦难不是人生的惩罚，而是试炼。它会筛选出内心强大的人，让灵魂在磨难中成长，变得厚重而温柔。 True heroism consists in seeing all the cruel truths of life and still loving life. Many people muddle through their lives, overwhelmed by suffering and sink into despair. But there are a few who endure hardship without letting suffering extinguish the light in their hearts. Suffering is not a punishment for life, but a trial. It picks out those with strong inner strength and lets souls grow, becoming profound and gentle through tribulations.

Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar. 读书足以怡情，足以博彩，足以长才。其怡情也，最见于独处幽居之时；其博彩也，最见于高谈阔论之中；其长才也，最见于处世判事之际。练达之士虽能分别处理细事或一一判别枝节，然纵观统筹、全局策划，则舍好学深思者莫属。读书费时过多易惰，文采藻饰太盛则矫，全凭条文断事乃学究故态。 《论读书》弗朗西斯·培根

《了不起的盖茨比》菲茨杰拉德 我们奋力前行，小舟逆水而上，不断地被推回到过去。我们总向往远方那盏绿光，以为只要不停奔跑，就能触达梦想。可梦想永远在前方，它吸引我们不停向前。纵然我们一次次被现实击退，也依然保有奔赴希望的本能。许多人穷尽一生追逐幻梦，却在追逐的路上遗忘了真实的自己。 So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. We always yearn for that green light far away, thinking that as long as we keep running, we can touch our dreams. But the dream always stays ahead, drawing us forward nonstop. Even if we are pushed back by reality time and again, we still keep the instinct to chase hope. Many people spend their whole lives chasing illusions, yet forget their true selves along the way.

《莎士比亚十四行诗73》 在我身上，你能看见暮秋的光景，黄叶零落，或寥寥几片，悬在那抵御寒风的枯枝之上。破败的歌坛，曾有百鸟婉转歌唱，如今只剩下沉寂。在我身上，你看见黄昏，夕阳缓缓西沉，黑夜慢慢吞没落日余晖。死亡的第二自我，将一切封存安息。在我的身上，你看见火焰的余烬，躺在青春的灰烬之上，等待被自己的残火吞噬。 That time of year thou mayst in me behold, When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold. Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou seest the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west; Which by and by black night doth take away, Death’s second self, that seals up all in rest. In me thou seest the glowing of such fire, That on the ashes of his youth doth lie.

《瓦尔登湖》亨利·戴维·梭罗 我步入丛林，是因为我希望审慎地生活，直面生命最本质的真相。我想看看生命能教会我什么，免得在弥留之际，才发觉自己从未真正活过。我不愿去过那种算不上生活的日子，生命何其珍贵。若非万不得已，我也不愿选择消极隐忍。我想要深入生活，汲取生活的精髓，勇敢地去迎接生活的一切悲欢。 I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, and bravely embrace all joys and sorrows life brings.

《人性的枷锁》毛姆 大多数人过完一生，都如同随波逐流。他们出生，结婚，生子，最后死去，一辈子被偶然的际遇推着向前。他们好像机械完成一件任务，从来不会停下来思考，自己究竟想要什么。你不必像旁人一样，遵循社会既定的轨道。你可以停下脚步，审视生活，去寻找属于你自己的道路，哪怕这条路孤独又艰难。 Most people go through life drifting with the tide. They are born, marry, have children, and die. They are pushed forward by random chances all their lives. They seem to finish tasks mechanically and never pause to think about what they truly want. You do not need to follow the same path set by society like everyone else. You can stop, examine your life, and seek your own way, even if the road is lonely and difficult.

《简·爱》夏洛蒂·勃朗特 生命太短暂，不该用来满怀怨恨，记挂仇怨。人生在世，人人都背负过错，但总有一天，我们会卸下尘世的皮囊，平等站在上帝面前。不必因为出身卑微而自我轻视，灵魂不分贫富高低。就算外表平凡，你依然拥有独立完整的灵魂。真正的尊严，从来不是别人给予，而是源于内心对自我的坚守。 Life is too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs. We are all sinful creatures in life, but one day we shall cast off this mortal flesh and stand equally before God. Do not belittle yourself just because of humble origins. Souls know no difference between rich and poor. Even with an ordinary appearance, you still possess an independent and complete soul. True dignity is never given by others, but comes from the inner faith in yourself.