第二章

1.描述成长与变化

1."Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong." (成长是痛苦的，改变也是痛苦的，但没有什么比停留在不属于自己的地方更痛苦。)

2."The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." (实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。)

2.关于乐观与积极态度

1."Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day." (也许不是每一天都是美好的，但每一天都会有美好的事情。)

2."An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity." (乐观者在每一场灾难中都看到机会，悲观者在每一个机会中都看到灾难。)

3.阐述文化与传统

1."Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit." (文化是心灵和精神的拓展。)

2."Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, aren't even aware of." (传统是深深植根于我们潜意识中的路标。最强大的传统是那些我们甚至无法描述、甚至没有意识到的传统。)

4.描绘希望与信念

1."Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all." (希望是长着羽毛的东西，栖息在灵魂里，唱着无词的歌，永远不会停止。)

2."Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." (信念是在你看不到整个楼梯时迈出的第一步。)

5.表达对生活的热爱

1."Life is a journey, and if you fall in love with the journey, you will be in love forever." (生活是一场旅行，如果你爱上了这场旅行，你就会永远热爱它。)

2."The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience." (生活的目的就是生活本身，最大限度地去品尝经验，热切而无惧地去追求更新、更丰富的经验。)

6.论述家庭的重要性

1."The family is one of nature's masterpieces." (家庭是大自然的杰作之一。)

2."In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony." (在家庭生活中，爱是缓解摩擦的油，是使关系更紧密的水泥，是带来和谐的音乐。)