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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No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.

至今还没有人意识到,一个孩子的灵魂中隐藏着丰富的同情、善良和慷慨。每一个真正的教育都应该努力去发掘这种宝藏。

What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.

我们所说的慷慨,在很大程度上只是给予的虚荣心;我们这样做是因为我们更喜欢虚荣心而不是我们给予的东西。

I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.

我有一个理论,倦怠与怨恨有关。当你知道你所放弃的是什么让你愤怒时,你就战胜了它。

I'm pretty social so it's hard for me to find solitude, but I need to have solitude to write.

我很喜欢社交,所以我很难找到独处的地方,但我需要独处来写作。

Charity begins at home and justice begins next door.

仁爱始于家,正义始于邻。

I need the sea because it teaches me.

我需要大海,因为它教会了我。