We are reading the first line of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite…"
“我们正在读这本书第一章的第一行，一本有数不尽书页的书……”
I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it.
我不知道这句话是谁写的，但我一直很喜欢这句话，它提醒我们未来是由自己创造的。
We can take the mysterious, unclear future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine,
我们可以把神秘、不确定的未来塑造成我们所能想象的任何模样，
just as a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.
就像雕刻家用未成形的石头刻成雕像一样。
We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest.
我们每个人都像是农民。如果我们洒下良种，我们就会收成颇丰。
If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop.
如果我们洒下劣种，杂草丛生，我们就会徒劳无获。
If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.
如果我们什么也不种，就会一无所获。
I want the future to be better than the past. I don't want it polluted by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled.
我希望未来比过去更好，我不希望它被历史的错误和过失沾染。
We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of our lives.
我们都应该关注未来，因为我们的余生都将在未来度过。
The past is gone and immobile. Nothing we can do will change it.
过去的已经过去，静如止水。我们做什么也改变不了它。
The future is before us and active. Everything we do will affect it.
而未来就在前方，生机勃勃。我们所做的一切都会影响它。
Each day brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our business, if we only recognize them.
我们只要认识到，无论是在家中还是在工作上，每天都有新的天地展现在我们面前。
We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.
在人类奋力开拓的每一个领域，我们正站在前进的起点。
