Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

  • -- Khalil Gibran 纪伯伦

慷慨不是给我比你更需要的东西,而是给我你比我更需要的东西。

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Giving presents is a talent; to know what a person wants, to know when and how to get it, to give it lovingly and well. Unless a character possesses this talent there is no moment more annihilating to ease than that in which a present is received and given.

送礼物是一种天赋;要知道一个人想要什么,知道何时以及如何得到它,要充满爱心地把它给予他人。除非一个角色拥有这种天赋,否则没有比接受和给予礼物更容易毁灭的时刻了。

Nothing will see us through the age we're entering but high consciousness, and that comes hard. We don't have a good, modern myth yet, and we need one.

在我们即将进入的这个时代,除了高意识之外,没有什么能帮助我们度过难关,而这是很难做到的。我们还没有一个好的现代神话,我们需要一个。

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

一支蜡烛可以点燃成千上万支蜡烛,而且蜡烛的寿命不会缩短。幸福不会因为分享而减少。

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.

我的观点是,我的生命属于社区,只要我活着,我就有权利为它做我所能做的一切。

The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings.

我们小手指上最轻微的疼痛,也比数百万同胞的毁灭更让我们担忧和不安。

And I believe we need heroes, I believe we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by.

我相信我们需要英雄,我相信我们需要某些人来衡量我们自己的缺点。