The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

  • -- Pope John Paul II 教皇约翰·保罗二世

救赎的精神是在自我控制中实现的,通过节制,即欲望的节制。

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The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

如果一个社会轻视优秀的管道工程,认为它是一项卑贱的活动,而容忍粗制滥造的哲学,因为它是一项崇高的活动,那么这个社会既没有好的管道工程,也没有好的哲学:它的管道和它的理论都站不住脚。

The love of money is the root of all evil, therefore selfishness must be the seed.

对金钱的爱是万恶之源,因此自私必须是种子。