To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell.

  • -- Thomas Merton 托马斯·默顿

只根据对自己的影响来考虑人、事件和情况,无异于生活在地狱的门口。

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If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose.

如果我们对动物创造的经济只给予很少的关注,我们就会发现明显的预谋、毅力、决心和完善技巧的例子,以便达到它们的目的。

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do

地狱开始的那一天,上帝给了我们一个清晰的愿景,所有我们可以实现的,所有我们浪费的礼物,所有我们可以做的,我们没有做的

I have not had the chance to go out there and do myself justice in an Olympic marathon yet. I have not been able to get to an Olympic marathon injury-free yet.

我还没有机会在奥运会马拉松比赛中为自己正名。我还没能在没有受伤的情况下参加奥运会马拉松比赛。

Remember that the word of God is not sent to particular persons, as if by name; and do not think you have no part in it, because you are not named there.

要记住,神的道并不是奉名传讲给特定的人;不要以为你没有参与其中,因为你在那里没有名字。

I made some pitches I shouldn't make, but I got out of some situations. The key thing is winning. I'd rather have an ugly win than a well-pitched loss.

我投了一些不该投的球,但我摆脱了一些情况。关键是要赢。我宁愿有一场难看的胜利,也不愿输得很惨。

I don't consider myself a martial-arts star. I'd be offended and disappointed if I got a reputation as a martial-arts star.

我不认为自己是武术明星。如果我得到一个武术明星的名声,我会感到生气和失望。

Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.

友谊是两个人为了促进彼此的幸福和幸福而产生的一种强烈的习惯性倾向。

But we ought to consider the natural form and shape of a horse, that we may work him according to nature.

但是我们应该考虑马的自然形态和形状,这样我们就可以根据自然来塑造它。

When young we are faithful to individuals, when older we grow loyal to situations and to types.

年轻时我们对个人忠诚,长大后我们对环境和类型更加忠诚。

I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.

我经历了生命中一些可怕的事情,其中一些确实发生了。

I want all hellions to quit puffing that hell fume in God's clean air.

我要所有的恶棍都停止在上帝洁净的空气中呼吸地狱的烟气。

I begin by considering an effect.

我从考虑效果开始。