Il faut vouloir
que la vie soit bonne ;
et d’abord
il faut vouloir
qu’on puisse le vouloir.
*
[You have to want
life to be good;
and first of all
you have to want
to be able to want it.]
*
L’optimisme n’est point de fait ;
il est de volonté.
*
[Optimism isn’t a reality;
it’s all in the will.
(It’s all in wanting it,
an optimistic view of things,
of the things of your path, your life,
an optimism your own,
and seriously applied and practiced,
made a reality
by and through this practice.
Alain says also:
c’est la foi même qui est Dieu
[Faith itself is God];
believe
and work and give and act
on this belief
and there you have it (voilà)
realized,
absolutely real.]
*
L’orgueil qui méprise
n’est que vanité.
*
[Pride that scorns [disdains, looks down on, mocks others]
is only vanity.]
*
S’observer,
c’est se changer,
se remettre en bon ordre,
chercher ce qu’on veut,
le trouver,
l’approuver,
le faire.
*
[To observe oneself
is to change oneself,
is to put oneself back in good order,
is to look for what you want,
find it,
approve it
and do it.]
