126. "Society’s external rewards are no measure of true success. True success can be measured only in relation to the goals one sets for oneself."

社会给予的客观奖励并不能衡量真正的成功。真正的成功只能是取决于一个人为他自己设定的目标。

Success should be gauged on a personal base.

1. Society’s external rewards can only be regarded as society’s recognition of one’s contribution to society.

2. For an individual person, a correct attitude is to gauge success in relation to the goals one sets for oneself.

3. Overemphasizing the social criterion of success tends to belittle the worth of an individual.

客观和主观

133. "The problems of modern society have led many people to complain: ’We live in terrible times.’ Yet, given the choice, no one today would prefer to live in any other time."

现代社会的问题是很多人都在抱怨：“我们生活在一个可怕的时代。”但是假设让他们选择的话，现在的人们仍然会选择现在而不是其他的时代。

We live in the best time of history.

1. Firstly, our living conditions today are superior to those of any past generations.

2. Secondly, technologies have made it possible for men to work under much more comfortable working conditions today than before.

3. Most of the problems troubling us today have been troubling human beings for a long time.

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