动名词短语作主语，简洁有力地表达了行为与结果之间的因果逻辑。
Among the basic values of humanity, there is one that has long been forgotten: nobility.
Any friendship that is merely a transaction of interests, hidden under the guise of friendship, is bound to break down in the end. In the aftermath, both sides often accuse each other of being unfaithful friends, expressing great indignation at the fragility of the bond. But what does this have to do with friendship? Such a bond was fake from the very beginning; it was nothing but a mask and tool for profit. Today, people have given it a more appropriate name: "emotional investment," which is relatively more honest. I hope people will be even more honest and disclose their profit expectations to the party being "invested in" from the start.
For unfortunate geniuses like Nietzsche and Van Gogh, their greatest misfortune was not a lack of understanding, since spiritual solitude can be soothed by creation. Their true tragedy was the inability to receive ordinary human warmth, leaving them as isolated souls abandoned by the crowd while still alive.
People often say that love causes one to lose oneself. However, the opposite can also be true: love helps one discover oneself. In the presence of a lover, who hasn't been suddenly surprised to realize that they possess so many good qualities that were previously overlooked? The desire to offer one's best self to the lover triggers a search, and indeed, one finds it. The wish to present oneself leads to discovery. Without this wish to offer oneself, one might never discover these aspects in a lifetime.
One type of person unconsciously strives to appear sincere, using that sincerity to move others and, in doing so, moves themselves. They are indeed moved by their own sincerity. Another type of person deliberately tries to appear cunning, using that cunning to enchant others and, in turn, enchants themselves. As a result, they begin to doubt their own nature.
How can the pain of yearning for perfection, which is unattainable, be relieved?
在人类的基本价值中，有一项久已被遗忘，它就是高贵。
凡是顶着友谊名义的利益之交，最后没有不破裂的，到头来还互相指责对方不够朋友，为友谊的脆弱大表义愤。其实，关友谊什么事呢？所谓友谊一开始就是假的，不过是利益的面具和工具罢了。今天的人们给了它一个恰当的名称，叫“感情投资”，这就比较诚实了。我希望人们更诚实一步，在投资时把自己的利润指标也通知被投资方。
那些不幸的天才，例如尼采和凡·高，他们最大的不幸并不在于无人理解，因为精神上的孤独是可以用创造来安慰的，而恰恰在于得不到普通的人间温暖，活着时就成了被人群遗弃的孤魂。
人们常说，爱情使人丧失自己。但还有相反的情形：爱情使人发现自己。在爱人面前，谁不是突然惊喜地发现，他自己原来还有这么多平时疏忽的好东西？他渴望把自己最好的东西献给爱人，于是他寻找，他果然找到了。呈献的愿望导致了发现。没有呈献的愿望，也许一辈子发现不了。
一种人不自觉地要显得真诚，以他的真诚去打动人并且打动自己。他自己果然被自己感动了。一种人故意地要显得狡猾，以他的狡猾去魅惑人并且魅惑自己。他自己果然怀疑起自己来了。
人渴望完美而不可得，这种痛苦如何才能解除？