Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart---Thirty True Things You Need To Know Now

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7 u. k2 L2 Z# \By Gordon Livingston,M.D.

Gordon Livingston,M.D. is a graduate of West Point and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, has been a physician since 1967. He is a psychiatrist and writer who contributes frequently to the Washington Post,San Francisco Chronicle, Baltimore Sun,and Reader's Digest.

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1.If the map doesn't agree with the ground, the map is wrong.
# D8 K% f4 T9 Q( o5 `2.We are what we do.
3.It is difficult to remove by logic an idea not placed there by logic in the first place.
# g) [* X2 }; h6 y  Y4.The statute of limitations has expired on most of our childhood traumas.
5.Any relationship is under the control of the person who cares the least.
6.Feelings follow behavior.
: R  a) }2 a: _2 s2 ]7.Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
1 B4 Z, f2 y/ J7 a7 e: {8.The perfect is the enemy of the good.
9 O7 ^/ ^* \0 q% n8 x4 k9.life's two important questions are "Why" and "Why not",The tricky is knowing which one to ask.
10.Our greatest strengths is our greatest weaknesses

; j  J0 P/ V- [/ @) @7 xto be continous.

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"to be continous" is supposed to be "to be continued".
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11.The most secure prisons is those we constructed for ourselves.
' L- U0 r: K" ~4 {' i12.The problems of the elderly are frequently serious but seldom interesting.
13.Happiness is the ultimate risk.
14.True love is the apple of the Eden.
- C. @/ o# _7 P6 f3 t: K15.Only bad things happen quickly.
16.Not all who wander are lost.
; }" @% }  K/ ], ^, \$ `17.unrequited love is painful but not romantic.
3 ~6 o1 _+ R; u9 Q2 x% B18.There is nothing more pointless, or common, than doing the same things and expecting different results.
0 S! B# P! ]) s: L5 B/ p19.We flee from the truth in vain.
- q# R) L# H9 n3 P- ^5 G/ `20.It's a poor idea to lie to oneself.

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21.We are all prone to the myth of the perfect stranger.
; I+ y7 P- [9 m4 \( ~& a# c22.Love  is never lost, not even in death.
, R; |3 T# G0 W1 Q6 C23.Nobody likes to be told what to do.
3 v* [. R1 s% m. ^+ D24.The major advantage of illness is that it provides relief from responsibility.
25.We are afraid of wrong things.
26.Parents have the limited ability to shape children's behavior,except for the worse.
) \$ O" r9 O$ b4 i- \* r+ a27.The only real paradises are those we have lost.
. f* k% j. p4 f( {8 R28.Of all the forms of courage, the ability to laugh is the most profoundly therapeutic.
29.Mental health requires freedom of choice.
& q+ y- t' \5 |6 Z8 J8 H2 F30.Forgiveness is a form of letting go, but they are not the same thing.

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有些话，越琢磨越觉得有道理。

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They're very very true!

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太深奥了点

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1 Z6 ?! i2 X+ f+ F对于这三十个标题，每个在书中都有详细举例和说明，看完书就不觉得深奥了，但我不能把整本书都搬上去，所以就觉得有些不好理解。

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对于这三十个标题，每个在书中都有详细举例和说明，看完书就不觉得深奥了，但我不能把整本书都搬上去，所以就觉得有些不好理解。
千度 发表于 2010-2-10 19:36