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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Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it.

第三,即使我们假定世界是由目的所统治的,我们只需要补充一点,即这个目的- -如果有几个,至少有一个- -并不是特别有意防止痛苦,不管它是对痛苦漠不关心,还是实际上对痛苦感到高兴。

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

一个人不一定生来就有勇气,但他天生就有潜力。没有勇气,我们就不能持之以恒地实践任何其他美德。我们不能善良、真诚、仁慈、慷慨或诚实。

When you're looking that far out, you're giving people their place in the universe, it touches people. Science is often visual, so it doesn't need translation. It's like poetry, it touches you.

当你看得那么远的时候,你给了人们他们在宇宙中的位置,它触动了人们。科学通常是可视化的,所以不需要翻译。就像诗歌一样,触动着你。

But it is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy something, which does not represent your life and talent, but a goldsmith's.

但是当你去商店买东西的时候,这是一个冷冰冰、毫无生气的行业,它并不代表你的生命和才华,而是一个金匠的。

If you want to accomplish something in the world, idealism is not enough - you need to choose a method that works to achieve the goal.

如果你想在这个世界上有所成就,理想主义是不够的——你需要选择一种有效的方法来实现目标。

Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

你没有放弃的东西永远不会真正属于你。