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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The moral effect of the thundering of one's own artillery is most extraordinary, and many of us thought that we had never heard any more welcome sound than the deep roaring and crashing that started in at our rear.

大炮轰鸣所产生的道德效果是最不寻常的,我们许多人都认为,我们从来没有听到过比从我们后方传来的轰鸣和撞击声更令人高兴的声音。

I don't start a piece knowing exactly what effect it's going to have. There is a seed of an idea that I could never articulate, right at the beginning of the piece, literally like one cell.

我不知道一开始会有什么影响。有一个想法的种子,我永远无法表达,就在这篇文章的开始,字面上就像一个细胞。

You can be sure that I will always consider how changes to Social Security will impact people with disabilities when considering the various proposals offered for reform.

你可以肯定的是,在考虑各项改革建议时,我将始终考虑社会保障的变化将如何影响残疾人。

Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree in which they weary themselves.

不聪明的人就像长在好地上的杂草;他们喜欢被逗乐的程度与他们感到疲倦的程度成正比。

I have a condition called Aspergers Syndrome, which is like a mild form of autism It means I don't interact properly in certain social situations.

我有一种叫做阿斯伯格综合症的病症,这是一种轻度自闭症,意味着我在某些社交场合不能正常互动。

The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.

对道德家来说,怀着良好的良心实施残忍是一件乐事。这就是他们发明地狱的原因。

I know that no one can really stop me but myself and that really no one can help me but myself.

我知道,除了我自己,没有人能真正阻止我,除了我自己,没有人能真正帮助我。

I enjoy doing fashion shows and transforming myself into different looks for photo shoots.

我喜欢做时装秀,喜欢把自己打扮成不同的样子来拍照。

What people consider precious is different for everybody.

人们认为珍贵的东西因人而异。

In planning an attack, persons have various roles.

在计划攻击时,人扮演不同的角色。

Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell.

悔恨:看到天堂却感觉地狱。