A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands.

  • -- Edwin Louis Cole 埃德温·路易斯·科尔

绝食不是绝食。禁食服从神的命令。绝食抗议使上帝屈服于我们的要求。

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The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.

事实上,爱有两种,一种是命令,一种是服从。这两者是截然不同的,其中一个引起的激情不是另一个的激情。

You have this disturbing reality that there are a lot of people who would rather say, 'I'm on strike' than 'I'm unemployed.' And those are the people who vote for strikes.

有一个令人不安的事实,很多人宁愿说“我在罢工”,也不愿说“我失业了”。这些人投票支持罢工。

We can't really digest food unless there's hunger. So we can't really assimilate spiritual wisdom unless we feel the need for it.

我们不能真正消化食物,除非有饥饿。所以我们不能真正吸收精神智慧,除非我们觉得有必要。

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

有一种强盗,是法律所不能打击的,他偷走了人类最宝贵的东西:时间。

It is better to buy dearly than to hunger direly.

与其忍饥挨饿,不如高价买进。