The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct.

  • -- Paul Ricoeur 保罗·利科

道德律要求我们把世界上可能达到的最高善作为我们一切行为的最终目标。

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How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because some day in life you will have been all of these.

人生能走多远,取决于你对年轻人的温柔,对老年人的同情,对奋斗者的同情,对弱者和强者的宽容。因为总有一天你会成为这一切。

She was the archetypal selfless mother: living only for her children, sheltering them from the consequences of their actions -- and in the end doing them irreparable harm.

她是一位典型的无私母亲:只为孩子而活,保护他们免受他们行为的后果——最终给他们造成了无法弥补的伤害。

Our Nation's immigration laws are disrespected both by those who cross our borders illegally and by the businesses that hire those illegal immigrants.

无论是那些非法越境者,还是雇用非法移民的企业,都不尊重我国的移民法。

A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.

只有当一个人服从帮助他所能帮助的所有生命的冲动,并避免伤害任何生命时,他才是真正有道德的。

I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.

我爱我的过去。我喜欢我的礼物。我不为我所拥有的感到羞耻,我也不悲伤,因为我不再拥有它。

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

如果人们仅仅因为害怕惩罚而善良,而希望得到回报,那么我们真的很遗憾。

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right man in the right place.

行政人员所要履行的职责,没有一项比把正确的人放在正确的地方更重要的了。

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.

我有一个简单的哲学:填补空白。空是什么。挠痒痒的地方。

In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable.

在这些困难时期,我们的健康和良好的睡眠是令人愉快的。

What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful.

生命的意义是什么?快乐和有用。

Truth is on the side of the oppressed.

真理站在被压迫的一边。

With law must the land be built.

必须用法律来建设土地。