21 Mind-Altering Quotes That Are All Under 12 Words Long
21 句改变心灵的名言，长度均在 12 个字以内
From “The Godfather of Motivation” and a whole lot more
来自 "激励教父 "及更多内容
照片由 Shannon VanDenHeuvel 在 Unsplash 上拍摄
I first fell in love with Wayne Dyer because I heard him say things like:
我第一次爱上韦恩-戴尔，是因为我听他说过这样的话：
“Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul”
"开始将自己视为拥有躯体的灵魂，而不是拥有灵魂的躯体"。
And: 还有
“Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.”
This earned him the nickname “The Godfather of Motivation” and he goes down as one of the OG spiritual teachers.
这为他赢得了 "励志教父 "的绰号，他也被誉为最伟大的精神导师之一。
So, to honour the good man, here are 21 of his best mind-altering quotes that are all under 12 words long.
因此，为了向这位伟人致敬，这里有 21 句他最经典的影响心智的名言，长度都在 12 个字以内。
1. “Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change”
1."改变看待事物的方式，你所看待的事物也会随之改变"。
Marcus Aurelius put it another way:
马尔库斯-奥勒留（Marcus Aurelius）则换了一种说法：
“The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.”
"你生活的幸福取决于你思想的质量"。
2. “You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be.”
2."除非你下定决心，否则你不会被困在原地"。
He then added: 他接着补充道：
“You are what you choose to be today. Not what you’ve chosen to be before.”
"你就是你今天选择的自己。而不是你以前选择的样子"。
3. “Love what you do; do what you love”
3."爱你所做；做你所爱"
“Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life” — Wayne Dyer
"做自己喜欢的事，是生活富足的基石"--韦恩-戴尔
4. “Whatever the question, love is the answer”
4."无论问题是什么，爱就是答案
Or as St. Augustine once said: “Love and do what you will.”
圣奥古斯丁曾说过"爱你所爱，行你所行"
5. “Go for it now. The future is promised to no one”
5."现在就去做。未来不属于任何人"
We only have the here and now. All the rest is make-believe.
我们只有此时此地。其余的都是虚幻的。
6. “You cannot fail, you can only produce results”
6."你不可能失败，你只能产生结果"。
Jim Carrey put it another way:
吉姆-凯瑞则换了一种说法：
“You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”
"你可能会在你不想做的事情上失败，所以你不妨冒险去做你喜欢的事情"。
7. “Heaven is a state of mind, not a location”
7."天堂是一种心境，而不是一个地点"
And it resides within. 它就在我们的内心深处。
“When you learn to trust in yourself, you are actually trusting in the very wisdom that created you.” — Wayne Dyer
"当你学会信任自己时，你实际上就是在信任创造你的智慧"。- 韦恩-戴尔
8. “You don’t attract what you want. You attract what you are.”
8."你不会吸引你想要的东西。你吸引的是你自己"。
That’s manifestation, baby!
这就是表现，宝贝！
And, “The latest research supports the notion that we have a natural ability to change the brain and body by thought alone, so that it looks biologically like some future event has already happened. Because you can make thought more real than anything else, you can change who you are from brain cell to gene, given the right understanding.” — Dr. Joe Dispenza
而且，"最新的研究支持这样一种观点，即我们有一种天生的能力，仅凭思想就能改变大脑和身体，使其在生物学上看起来就像某些未来事件已经发生。因为你可以让思想比其他任何东西都更真实，所以只要有正确的理解，你就可以改变从脑细胞到基因的自己"。- 乔-迪斯本扎博士
9. “Friends are God’s way of apologizing for your family”
9."朋友是上帝为你的家人道歉的方式
Maybe it’s my dry British sense of humour but I love this one and I think we can all relate to it to some degree.
也许是因为我的英国式幽默，我很喜欢这句话，我想我们都能在一定程度上感同身受。
10. “You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you” — Wayne Dyer
10."你教别人怎样对待你，别人就会怎样对待你"--韦恩-戴尔
It took me years to learn to respect myself. When people treated me badly, I was convinced I was to blame or that I somehow deserved it. When I finally developed enough self-esteem to ensure I honoured my needs, I was amazed at how much better others treated me.
我花了很多年才学会尊重自己。当别人对我不好时，我深信这都是我的错，或者是我活该。当我终于建立起足够的自尊，确保尊重自己的需求时，我惊讶地发现，别人对我的态度好多了。
So, the hard lesson here is: If we treat ourselves well we’ll attract others who treat us well. If we neglect our needs we’ll find that same behaviour reflected back in the way others neglect us.
所以，这里的深刻教训就是如果我们善待自己，就会吸引别人善待我们。如果我们忽视自己的需要，我们就会发现同样的行为也会反映在别人对我们的忽视上。
“The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face” — William Makepeace Thackeray
"世界是一面镜子，照出每个人自己的倒影"--威廉-马克佩斯-萨克雷
11. “You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with”
11."如果你喜欢和你独处的人，你就不会孤独
Mooji put it another way:
穆吉换了一种说法：
“When you can bear your own silence, you are free.”
"当你能忍受自己的沉默时，你就是自由的"
12. “When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself”
12."当你评判他人时，你不是在定义他们，而是在定义你自己"。
For who am I judging other than myself?
除了我自己，我还能评判谁呢？
If we’re all just tiny droplets in a vast ocean of consciousness, how is there any separation other than what I create?
如果我们都只是浩瀚意识海洋中的一滴小水滴，那么除了我创造的东西之外，还会有什么分离吗？
13. “How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours”
13."别人如何对待你，是他们的因果报应；你如何反应，是你的因果报应。
In the end, all we can control is how we respond to any given situation.
归根结底，我们所能控制的只是如何应对任何特定情况。
That’s why Wayne Dyer warned:
这就是韦恩-戴尔发出警告的原因：
“With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.”
"对于发生在你身上的一切，你可以自怨自艾，也可以把发生的一切当作礼物。一切要么是你成长的机会，要么是阻碍你成长的障碍。你可以选择"。
14. “I am realistic — I expect miracles”
14."我很现实--我期待奇迹"
Me too! 我也是！
“If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t, you’ll see obstacles” — Wayne Dyer
"如果你相信它会成功，你就会看到机会。如果你相信不会成功，你就会看到障碍"--韦恩-戴尔
15. “Conflict cannot survive without your participation”
15."没有你们的参与，冲突就无法生存
So, always remember: 所以，请永远记住
“You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside” — Wayne Dyer
"你无法控制外界的一切。但你总能控制内心的变化"--韦恩-戴尔
16. “It’s never crowded along the extra mile”
16."多走一英里，从不拥挤"
There are two ways to get there:
有两种方法可以到达那里：
- Work harder and faster 更努力、更快速地工作
- Be consistent 始终如一
Dwayne Johnson offers this advice:
德维恩-约翰逊（Dwayne Johnson）给出了这样的建议：
“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.”
"成功并不总是伟大的。而是要始终如一。坚持不懈的努力会带来成功。伟大终将到来"。
17. “You don’t need to be better than anyone else”
17."你不需要比别人强"
“You just need to be better than you used to be.” — Wayne Dyer
"你只需要比过去更好"。- 韦恩-戴尔
18. “No one knows enough to be a pessimist”
18."没有人知道得足够悲观"
His sarcastic tone highlights an important point: none of us know what’s going on.
他讽刺的语气突出了一个重要问题：我们都不知道发生了什么。
There are magical forces at work that are far beyond our control and what looks like good luck on the surface can actually turn out to be bad luck and vice versa.
有一种神奇的力量在起作用，它远远超出了我们的控制范围，表面上看似好运，实际上可能变成厄运，反之亦然。
All we can do is remain in the moment and strap ourselves in for the ride.
我们所能做的就是保持当下的状态，把自己绑在旅程中。
19. “You are an infinite spiritual being having a temporary human experience”
19."你是一个无限的精神存在，拥有短暂的人类经历
Two of my favourite spiritual teachers have said the same:
我最喜欢的两位精神导师也是这么说的：
- “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” — Alan Watts
"我们不是拥有精神体验的人类。我们是拥有人类体验的精神存在"。- 艾伦-沃茨 - “I used to be a guy who was experiencing the universe, and now I feel like the universe experiencing a guy.” — Jim Carrey
"我曾经是一个体验宇宙的人 而现在我觉得宇宙在体验一个人"- 吉姆-凯瑞
20. “As you think, so shall you be”
20."你们怎样想，就会怎样做
This is pretty much how the whole universe works in 7 words.
用 7 个字就能概括整个宇宙的运作方式。
The Buddha found even fewer:
佛陀发现的就更少了：
“What you think, you become”
"你想什么，你就会成为什么"
21. “Everything I need now is here”
21."我现在需要的一切都在这里
What more is there to say?
还有什么可说的？
