本文节选自《发现真爱》一书，作者是美国作家玛丽安娜·威廉森。这几段话流传广泛，不仅是电影《卡特教练》的经典台词，还被南非总统曼德拉在就职仪式上引用。
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
我们最大的恐惧并不是因为我们不够好，
我们最大的恐惧是我们自己超乎想象的能力，
我们害怕的不是黑暗的那一面而是我们的光明的一面
畏缩的态度不能改变世界，
隐藏自己内心的潜能并不会让你身边的人觉得更有安全感。
我们都应该发挥自己内心的潜能，就像小孩子那样
每个人都一样，当我们让自己发光时，
我们不自觉地影响到身边的人，让她们也能这么做，
我们不但摆脱了自己的恐惧，
我们的存在也自然地解放了别人。