Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitude of mind.
人若改變心態，便能改變生活。
——威廉 · 詹姆斯（William James）
【相關單詞短語講解】
【1】human being
N-COUNT人：A human being is a man, woman, or child.
pl. （複數）human beings
In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate[miliret]
his own condition.
改善自己境況的願望人皆有之。——《漢英大詞典》
Watch any young human being, or any other young animal.
注意兒童或其他幼小動物。——《柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典》
【2】alter 英 [lt(r)] 美 [ltr]
verb 動詞
（1）（使）改變，更改，改動：to become different; to make sb/sth different
In doing translation, one should not alter the meaning of the original to suit one's own taste.
翻譯時不應根據自己的好惡改變原文的意思。——《漢英大詞典》
Diet and exercise will alter your shape.
節食和鍛鍊會改變你的體形。——《柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典》
It doesn't alter the way I feel.
這並沒有改變我的感受。——《牛津詞典》
Nothing can alter the fact that we are to blame.
錯在我們，這是無法改變的事實。——《牛津詞典》
(2)[VN] 修改（衣服使更合身）:to make changes to a piece of clothing so that it will fit you better
【3】attitude of mind 心態；思想方法；感情
Writing calls for a critical attitude of mind that he did not possess.
寫作需要有批判性思維，而這正是他所不具備的。
——《柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典》
It has much to do with the attitude of mind we preserve.
這與我們所保持的心態有很大關係。
【拓展】a state of mind 心境；心態
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind.
青春不是年華，而是心境。
——塞繆爾·烏爾曼（Samuel Ullman）
In such a state of mind, the life has become a happy life.
在這樣的心境下，人生也就成為快樂的人生了。
Because, after all, happiness is not a place, but a direction, a state of mind.
因為，幸福不是一個地點，而是一種方向、一種心態。