使用了“not only... but also...”的并列结构，强调两个能力同等重要且缺一不可。
You must not only be capable of doing, but also skilled in speaking. In our daily lives, when handling a very ordinary matter, the results and rewards we gain can vary significantly depending on our level of communication.
Your mother is your mother, not you. As someone who has experienced life before you, she deeply understands the importance of material stability for securing one's livelihood. Therefore, when evaluating a potential son-in-law, she places greater emphasis on material aspects, which appears to you as 'snobbishness' or 'worldliness'.
What a university graduate seeks is simply a job, not a career, and certainly not yet a vocation or life's work.
Only by letting go of specific desires can one choose to do the right thing.
Knowing that gatherings and partings are fleeting and this sorrow is endless, it is better to remain composed and face things with equanimity.
Everyone oscillates between breakdown and self-healing; what matters most in life is mindset. When a thought arises, the inner world becomes vast mountains and rivers; when a thought settles, it is like calm waters with slight ripples.
A mountain does not need to be high to be famous if it has an immortal; water does not need to be deep to be magical if it has a dragon; a person does not need to possess much to be at peace if they have joy. Life is filled with continuous troubles and sorrows: the shattering of hopes, loss of interests, arrival of disasters, setbacks in life, mockery amidst applause, pain of disappointment, torment of illness, family grievances, threats of death, confused anger, and suppressed rage. Such issues often turn former 'heroes' into unrecognizable versions of themselves, causing confusion among friends and relatives, and leaving family members bewildered.
不仅要具备办事的能力，也要懂得表达的艺术。我们在日常处理一件极普通的小事时，由于说话水平不同，所获得的效果和回报往往大相径庭。
母亲是母亲，不是你。作为过来人，她深知物质对于生活保障的重要性，因此在考量女婿的情况时更侧重于物质层面，这也是你所看到的“势利”之处。
大学毕业生寻找的只是一个工作，而非职业，更不是事业。
只有放下对特定结果的执着，才能去选择做正确的事情。
既知聚散匆匆、此恨无穷，不如且共从容，淡然处之。
每个人都在崩溃与自愈之间徘徊，生活最重要的就是心态。一念起，内心万水千山；一念落，静水微澜。
山不在高，有仙则名；水不在深，有龙则灵；人不在得，有乐则安。人生总有接连不断的烦恼和忧愁：希望的破灭、利益的失去、灾难的降临、生活的挫折、掌声中的讥讽、失意的痛苦、疾病的折磨、家庭的怨气、死亡的威胁、理不清的火气、压不住的怒气。诸如此类，常把一些当年的“英雄好汉”搞得自己不是自己，以至亲朋好友不好理解，家人也被折腾得莫明其妙。