People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

  • -- Chinua Achebe 奇努阿切贝

人们说,如果你发现水涨到脚踝,那就该做点什么了,而不是当水涨到脖子上的时候。

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I say to people who care for people who are dying, if you really love that person and want to help them, be with them when their end comes close. Sit with them - you don't even have to talk. You don't have to do anything but really be there with them.

我对那些关心濒死之人的人说,如果你真的爱那个人,想要帮助他们,在他们生命垂危的时候和他们在一起。和他们坐在一起——你甚至不需要说话。你不需要做任何事情,只要和他们在一起。

Pushing the envelope' sort of implies that you're inside the envelope with everyone else, and you're trying to find the edges on the outsides.

“推信封”的意思是你和其他人都在信封里,你试图找到外面的边缘。

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.

做是一件伟大的事情,因为如果人们坚定地做正确的事情,他们迟早会喜欢做它。

I'm surprised that I actually pulled off the recording, getting all those people at the same time.

令我惊讶的是,我竟然在同一时间把所有的人都录了下来。

People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.

人们常说渴望真理,但很少喜欢上桌时的味道。

The best way to find anything is to look with an opened mind.

找到任何东西的最好方法就是以开放的心态去看。

Falling is easier than rising.

跌倒比爬起来容易。

Good luck beats early rising.

好运胜过早起。